Aligned/combined all files in AutostarSuite Image Processing software
Imported resulting file to Photoshop 7 via FITS liberator
Adjusted levels and Curves a bit
Added Luminance data as a layer with blend mode set to Luminosity
Minor High Pass Filtering applied to the core of the Galaxy
Description: M33
Probably discovered by Hodierna before 1654. Independently discovered by Charles Messier 1764.
The Triangulum Galaxy Messier 33 (M33, NGC 598) is another prominent member of the Local Group of galaxies. This galaxy is small compared to its big apparent neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy M31, and to our Milky Way galaxy, but by this more of average size for spiral galaxies in the universe. One of the small Local Group member galaxies, LGS 3, is possibly a satellite of M33, which itself may be a remote but gravitationally bound companion of the Andromeda galaxy M31.
M33 is approaching us (our Solar System) at 182 km/s according to R. Brent Tully, or at 179 +/-3 km/s according to NED. Corrected for our motion around the Milky Way's Galactic Center, it is approaching our Galaxy at 24 km/sec.
