Messier 33 (Triangulum galaxy) is 2.4 - 3.1 million light years away from earth and contains contains about 40 billion stars, which is significantly less than the Milky Way (400 billion) and Andromeda Galaxy (1 trillion). This image was obtained in the dark zone of Shenandoah National Park over three nights and consists of 6 hours of imaging using Mach 1 GTO mount and Takahashi FSQ 85 ED telescope. The data was processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop Elements.
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