Last night was very dark and clear! at last we could enjoy with 8 observers the transparant winter sky, dominated by Jupiter as a blinding beakon completing the winter hexagon.
The Milky Way crossed the whole sky streaming wide left from Orion and Canis Major.
While imaging, I could observe some naked eye objects: M31, M42, M35, M45 (:-), M41, M44 NGC752 (Triangulum). But also – as a first – M33, the large and dim spiral galaxy in Triangulum. For years I’ve been searching for this object – naked eye, but never could confirm it’s visibility. With severe averted vision (actually focusing on the center of Triangulum) it was confirmed and at that point rather easy to see.
SQM Measurement was 21,40
