The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

M33

By ebfaulkner6a at Sat, 11/13/2010 - 11:49am
M33

M33 the Triangulum Galaxy aka NGC589, this combined 100 min image is a combined 40 Lum, 20 R, 20 G, 20 B .  It was a very clear and "cool" evening but I stayed out until the temperature dropped to 30 degrees and a slight wind.  Color images combined in MaxIm DL/CCD.    No levels, curves, darks or any other processing done.  Orion was well on its way up when I closed at 11 pm.

The color on this image came

Submitted by marzulloj
on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 3:36pm

The color on this image came out really well. Congrats Gene great shot.