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The Triangulum Galaxy shines in a new portrait from astrophotographer Ronald Brecher (Image credit: Ronald Brecher)<\/p>\n
Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a magnificent view of the Triangulum spiral galaxy bursting with the light of newly formed stars some three million light-years from Earth.<\/p>\n
Brecher’s image reveals spectacular detail in the spiral arms of the 14,000-light-year<\/a> wide galaxy, where dense dust lanes can be seen darkening the sea of stars and interstellar dust and gas that makes up the body of the cosmic leviathan.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Triangulum Galaxy, also known as M33, is estimated to be forming new stars at a rate 10 times higher<\/a> than that of the Milky Way<\/a>‘s neighboring Andromeda Galaxy<\/a>, while its glowing core lacks the prominent central bulge seen in many spiral galaxies<\/a>. As such, some astronomers believe that M33 may not host a supermassive black hole<\/a> at its heart.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Brecher collected light from the ancient galaxy using an astronomer camera coupled with his Sky-Watcher Esprit 120 refractor telescope as it hung in the skies over Guelph, a city in Ontario, Canada, over a series of nights spread between mid-August to late October earlier this year. He processed a grand total of 24 hours of observation using the astronomy<\/a> software PixInsight to produce the finished piece \u2014 a dramatic portrait of a galactic neighbor that may well be on a collision course with our own Milky Way.<\/p>\n “This is one of my favourite galaxies for testing new equipment,” Brecher told Space.com<\/a> in an email. “For this image, everything was very new \u2014 scope, mount, camera, focuser, rotator, flat panel, guide scope and guide camera. Even the PC controlling the equipment was new. After a little bit of tweaking, I’d say everything is performing very well!”<\/p>\n Night sky enthusiasts looking to embark on their own astrophotography journey should check out our roundups of the best cameras and lenses for imaging the post-sunset realm, along with our beginners guide to astrophotography<\/a>.<\/p>\n Editor’s Note: If you would like to share your galactic astrophotography with Space.com’s readers, then please send your photo(s), comments, and your name and location to spacephotos@space.com. <\/p>\n