In the northern sky in the area near the Andromeda Galaxy is a delicate galaxy: the Triangulum Galaxy.
It is far fainter than Andromeda but is very beautiful.
Given the clear skies and the fact that my observatory is completed enough to begin some serious imaging I thought I would give it a go!
The little pink spots are regions of star formation in this galaxy far, far away.
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598
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