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8-10-2022 TSS Visual Report of the Day.

by helicon

"Two scopes, 3 planets, and a bunch of DSO's"

After 2 hours of sleep, Dave Sellars headed out for some scope time with with his 102mm refractor with the goal of observing the planets. He did this in fine style observing Saturn and Jupiter before switching to DSO's. Amongst the objects he viewed included the Andromeda Galaxy and its satellite companions, M33, M 102, NGC 404 (Mirach's ghost). This last one can be tough because of the bright yellow color of Mirach with an elliptical galaxy just a few arc minutes away, so it can be hard to see in the glow. He also managed the Veil and North America nebulas, before deciding to take the 12" Dob out and looking at M33 with a larger aperture, amongst other targets. Truly a great session with quality descriptions of what he viewed. Congrats Dave on winning the VROD for the day!

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