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Photographer:
Steve Busch
Location of Photo:
Henderson, NV
Date/Time of photo:
December 8-11, 2025
Equipment:
AP 130mm GTX Starfire, AP Mach 2, ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro
Description:
Not your normal-looking galaxy. This galaxy is known as a flocculent spiral galaxy because its arms are made of patchy segments, not long, continuous spirals like you see in most other galaxies. It also lacks a strong central core of dense, bright stars. It contains large regions of new star formation, represented by the clumpy bluish and red/pink areas. In the lower part of the galaxy you can see a noticeably concentrated red/pink area that lies inside the galaxy. This is a nebula with its own designation, NGC 604. The Triangulum Galaxy is 2.7 million light years away in the constellation Triangulum.
