Originally Posted by
Uwe Glahn
Very realistic sketch Howard, really impressive. It reminds me very fast and good to the impression through the eyepiece of my 27". 8h of observing time, a lot of work but it was worth for. Now you know and remember very well the galaxy itself.
I had not the guts yet to draw M33 trough big aperture. But I remember very well the observation of M33 a few years ago with my small 4" Newton when I only wanted to take a quick and dirty look at M33 during my Local Group observing project. Conditions were nearly perfect and what I saw was incredibly astonishing for me. Spiral arms very visible absolutely easy with lots of easy HII regions. Maybe one of my most fascinating observation ever. I hope you don't mind when I post my M33 sketch with the 4".