Re: (IAAC) Obj: M33 (NGC 598) - Inst: 8" F/6 Newton on Alt-az mount

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• Subject: Re: (IAAC) Obj: M33 (NGC 598) - Inst: 8" F/6 Newton on Alt-az mount
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>
• Date: Mon, 19 Oct 98 16:21:28 -0400
• In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Oct 98 14:58:25 EDT." <199810191858.OAA32260@web.tiac.net>
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> Not a good object from my site with the 8".

M33 can be an elusive object, Michael, although having found and
recognized it in light-polluted skies is a good achievement!

Also, don't forget that there are a good number of emission ("HII")
features in M33 which have MUCH higher surface brightness than the
rest of the outer halo: these small (and not so small) features will
stand both higher power and an emission filter (DeepSky, UHC, etc.)
very well. For a map of the locations of these objects within the
complex spiral structure of M33, check out the excellent Observing
Handbook and Catalog of Deep Sky Objects, by Luginbuhl & Skiff!

Also, here's a log of M33 with a little 5" refractor from last year:
  http://www.tiac.net/users/lewkaren/netastrocatalog/msg00256.html

PS: On your observation of M2, don't be so sure that your "dark lane"
was just an illusion! Many amateurs have logged these "features" in
a variety of globular clusters... They may be an illusion, but if so
they are certainly a shared illusion for many of us. :)

Clear skies,
Lew

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