Thanks for your comments Graeme.
Being 43 deg south, I have tended to ignore anything further north than +30 degrees. Just too much atmosphere and muck to look through. I have tried Albireo, at +28 north a couple of times and whilst the pair are easy to resolve and the colours are there, I have never been able to resolve the stars as nice sharp points. They are always small mushy blobs.
Anyhow now that you mention M33, I shall track it down next time I have clear skies to the north. As you say it is an iconic spiral and the astro images are a relevation.
Cheers
Steve.
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Originally Posted by Rigel003
Nice to see these annual reports Steve. Have you tried M33? Another iconic spiral in the vicinity - to the right of M31 and about 10 degrees higher up. Lower brightness but I can easily find it in 11 x 70 binos.
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