8-19-2021 TSS Visual Report of the Day.

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8-19-2021 TSS Visual Report of the Day.

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8-19-2021 TSS Visual Report of the Day.
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"Dark Site? Check. Messier 33? Check!" Today we feature a report dating back to August 27th, 2020. Pakarinen (Olen) was able to take advantage of a dark sky site and conducted a successful observation of Messier 33, the Triangulum Galaxy through his ST80. Believe it or not, M33 is readily observable...
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Funny thing is I was looking at M22 the other night at home and I'd say that M33 was about as bright there as M22 was here. Reiterates how bad my home skies are I guess.
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