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(IAAC) Obj: M33 - Inst: 10x50 binocs & naked eye
Observer: Lew Gramer
Your skills: Intermediate
Date and UT of Observation: 1997-12-16/17, 8:30 UT
Location: Whidbey Island, WA, USA (48N)
Site classification: rural
Limiting magnitude: 7.2
Seeing: 2 - good
Moon up: no
Instrument: Naked eye, 10x50 Tasco binoculars
Magnification: 1x, 10x
Filters used: None
Object: M33
Category: Spiral galaxy
Constellation: Ori
Data: mag 5.7 size 62'x39'
RA/DE: 1h33m +30o39'
Description:
Even to the naked-eye under these conditions, M33
was visible with averted vision, possibly showing
hints of its inclined disk shape in its faint halo.
With 10x50 binoculars, the shape of the blur became
even clearer, with (perhaps) just a hint of one or
two of the spiral arms yielding to averted vision.
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