Ha! Tom you beat me to it. My next guess would also be M74. I didn't see
any spiral structure either.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Campbell [mailto:starborg@No-Spam]
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:01 PM
To: The Astronomy Connection
Subject: Re: [TAC] Guess the objects (was: Observing report 02/01/03)
> > 2) Hmm. M92?
>
> Nope. Too small. OK, here's a big hint. Think Serpens.
Ooh! I knew I should've guessed M5.
> > 3) Maybe M33?
>
> Nope. Too bright, but you're generally in the right part of the sky.
M33 too bright? You must be talking about surface brightness, not visual
brightness. How about M74 (although I've never been able to really make out
the spiral structure in my 8")