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M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Triangulum)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Oct 8 00:00:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2303
Last evening, my brother Anthony & I viewed the one day old crescent moon. It was so thin but we still were able to see some craters. We then put the scope on the waning crescent of Venus. There were dark spots embedded into Venus' cloud bank. We also noticed the terminator was wavy looking. That's because the terminator was over a mountain range was directly below. We also observed five galaxies including M31, M32, M33, M110 & NGC 891. In M33, we saw the huge star formation region in one of its spiral arms. That was something to see. We also saw one open cluster & nine double stars. The icing on the cake was seeing the ISS fly overhead.
M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Triangulum)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 18-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Ashford, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Sep 19 02:00:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1834
This past weekend My friend Steve Borer and I attended the Connecticut Star Party in Ashford Ct. Some of the outstanding views we had were of the brighter sections of The Vela Nebula. We were able to observe the nebula without O3 filters. The Saturn nebula was very blue and it really does resemble a fuzzy version of Saturn. We also observed the Helix Nebula. As for galaxies we observed Stephen's Quintet. Some of the people in our group including Steve were able to observe all five members of the group. However most of us including me were only able to see four galaxies. However to me the galaxy of the trip had to be M33, a spiral galaxy located in Triangulum. We were actually able to see the spiral arms extending out from M33. Finally, Jupiter was magnificent with all its belts and zones on it. We all ended up having quite a time.
M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Triangulum)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 25-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Ashford, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Sep 16 02:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1710
I just attended the Connecticut Star Party in a dark location in the northeastern hills of Connecticut. On Saturday night the skies were crystal clear so I planted myself with the observers using the huge 25" dobonian from the astro club in Westport Ct. One object that showed beautifully was M33 The Triangulum Galaxy. In the 25" this galaxy showed clearly its spiral arms. Usually, this object is somewhat unrewarding in ordinary scopes. Another great object was The Swan Nebula. This nebula looked exactly like a swan and the details were rich. M8 The Lagoon Nebula showed its nebula side beautifully while the open cluster on the other side was also outstanding. When we looked at the Trifid Nebula we were able to see the dust lanes cutting through the nebula rather easily. Another great nebula we observed was The Helix Nebula which also seemed to have dust lanes in it. The two globular clusters in Hercules M13 and M92 showed so many individual stars it almost looked 3D to me. Returning to galaxy observations I had the great pleasure of observing Stephens Quintet for the first time through a telescope. We were able to see all five galaxies with difficulty in the 25". That alone was worth the trip. The top open clusters we observed were M11, M36, M37 and M38. M11 the wild duck cluster was absolutely stupendous while in M36,37&38 I was able to see asterisms within the star cluster. For planets the seeing was only fair. On Mars I was able to see only faint albedo shadings and the north polar hood. Uranus' disk was a light blue and grey mixture and Neptune's disk was aqua blue. With binoculars my view of M31 the Andromeda Galaxy was the best it's been in a long time. The wings went way out and I could see a dust lane going across the top of the galaxy. The Pleiades Open Cluster also was something to see with binoculars. I also observed the crescent of Venus and The Hyades cluster. Before I went to sleep I took a quick look at M42 The Orion Nebula with my Binos. I was quite impressed with the how much I could see. Finally we saw a number of bright meteors falling from the sky. There seemed to be a shower occuring. When you put a dark sky with a light bucket of a telescope together only good things can happen.
M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Triangulum)
Observer: Vedran Vrhovac (e-mail: vedran_vrhovac@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Velika Gorica, Croatia
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: poor
Time: Fri Sep 30 21:15:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1346
This night was excellent for DS observing. Transparency was almost perfect but dew in the air caused poor seeing. I started my classic DS tour - M31 (with companions), M33 and Double Cluster.While observing M31 i found NGC206 - star cloud (similar to M24 in our galaxy. It was faint, moderate in size and stretched in NE-SW direction.M33 was bright this night. Finally i was able to see spiral arms. They looked like letter "S" with bright core in the middle. Double Cluster was amazing. At 38x and 1.4FOV I saw hunderds of stars. That is what makes astronomy wonderful hobby. Sugar at the end! I spoted Helix Nebula in Aquarius. Nebula was moderate in size, faint in the middle and brighter at the edge.
M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Triangulum)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Dec 10 06:10:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 740
M33 required careful star-hopping to find it, but was then obvious at low power.
M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Triangulum)
Observer: Josh Carter (e-mail: rca1543831@insightbb.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: springfield , illinois, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: poor
Time: Sun Dec 1 14:30:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 727
I'm beginning to think that what i once thought of as light polluted suburban skys aren't so bad after all. I spotted this with my 26MM Plossl lens with a narrowband deepsky filter. I couldn't get a great view of it tonight because the seeing wasn't at its best.. but I'm happy just to have seen it from my backyard.
M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Triangulum)
Observer: Paul (e-mail: paul_ohstbucks@msn.com)
Instrument: 12.5-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Sep 29 02:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 711
I could not detect in my suburban backyard. It has been said that if you cant see this low surface brightness galaxy in binocs, you wont see it in any scope regardless of aperture. I'm not sure if this is totally true, but I'm sure it isnt too far off. It washes out easliy in light pollution. Save this observation for dark skies.
M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Triangulum, Est. RaDec 1h34 +31)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 18-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Sep 15 23:50:00 2001 UT Obs. no.: 573
With moderate magnification the whole galaxy just fitted into the field. The spiral arms were quite apparent and the nebula NGC604 was easy. The galaxy began to take on the appearence shown in long exposure photo. Brilliant!
M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Triangulum)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: xtozaj@webtv.net)
Instrument: 10x50-mm binoculars Location: Malone, Florida, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Oct 25 05:30:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 412
The "Pinwheel Galaxy" was apparent, although it was extremely faint and not much detail was seen. As a "faint fuzzy", it does not rival M31. However, just locating it with binos was a feat worth noting! It seemed to be lost within the light of the "Milky Way." My wife, who observed M33 through my binos noted that it "would have been better in a darker sky!" I agree! Clear skies everyone!!
M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Triangulum)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Dec 31 07:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 291
With clouds moving through, I lay back in my lawn chair with the 7x50 binoculars and had fun looking for objects in the clear patches. After the recent discussion of M33 in sci.astro.amateur, I thought I'd give that a try, and found it easily by sweeping N from Aries. In retrospect, it is easy to locate with binoculars, lying slightly less than one 7-degree field W of Alpha Trianguli. Easy to LOCATE, but difficult to see; my sky is nice and dark in the W (where it was) thanks to the enlightened approach to light pollution in Santa Barbara, so I could detect it as a very big, very dim, circular glow with averted vision. I could make it much more obvious by jiggling the binoculars slightly, causing the movement of the glow to register clearly. I doubt I would be able to detect it if it had been at a similar altitude in the E, where the glow of the Ventura Auto Mall gives me a big patch of well-lit sky reminiscent of my old observing grounds in suburban Los Angeles. What is it about automobile sales that requires such spectacularly wasteful lighting? If they directed all that light downward they could probably make the things look even shinier without wasting so much electricity.
M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Triangulum)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 240
Great
M33 (Pinwheel Galaxy) (Galaxy in Triangulum)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jan 6 04:47:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 3
Big and obvious in the 7x50s. A large, fuzzy patch about 1 degree across. Circular and of uniform brightness. Picked it up by sweeping Triangulum before checking the charts.
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