I found M33 a hard to find object in the past. I used to observe with long focal scopes. M33 never showed up in the eyepiece. Last year, I could finally detect the central part of this galaxy with my ETX105. This night, I was studying the milkyway in the Cygnus region with the Skywatcher for an hour or so. I wanted to end the observing session with a different type of object. I made a quick peek at M15 and M2 and then I turned my head to Andromeda and Triangulum. I aimed the scope to that spot where I could never find M33, just for fun. And there it was, in the middle of the low power eyepiece! I discovered the soft oval glow of M33. That was not so hard with this scope. I could not resist the urge to make a sketch of the scene. The Baader Contrast Booster filter joined in as well.
Date : October 13, 2007
Time : 22.00UT
Scope : Skywatcher 102/500
Meade SP 26mm
Power : x20
FOV: 150′
Filter : Baader Contrast Booster
Seeing : 3.5/5
Transp. : 3/5
Nelm : 5.4
Sketch Orientation : N up, W right.
Digital sketch made with PhotoPaint, based on a raw pencil sketch.
Rony De Laet
Belgium
Rony,
I really like the way this galaxy sketch truly matches the eyepiece view from a good observing site. Very refined sketching Rony.
Frank 😉
Nicely done Rony. You have reproduced this excellently to represent hoe it appears in the EP.
Nice.