* Image Of The Month *
September 2003


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M33 
A 27 frame color mosaic of M33 taken by Robert Gendler with an ST-10XME
camera and CFW8A filter wheel through both a 12.5" RC and a FSQ106.
Cumulative exposure time was approximately 21 hours. The color data included several
hours of exposure time using a hydrogen alpha filter to reveal the numerous HII regions
along the spiral arms.  The central frames had a raw FWHM of 1.8 arcsec.

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