M32 (NGC 221) to NGC 206 area of M 31 Galaxy in Andromeda

Center of field at approximately: RA 00 hours 41 minutes 43 seconds , Dec +40 degrees 45 minutes 15 seconds

Size: M 32 = 8.7' x 6.4', NGC 206 = 4.0' x 2.5'; Magnitude: 9.0 blue, --; Class: cE2, knot in galaxy

North is up

West to the right

Telescope:

8" f5 Newtonian reflector

Camera:

 ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56

Image:

Lumicon Red filter, 650 minutes (65 x 10 minute subs), 09/27 & 10/18/19/20/2008; seeing 2.1-3.1 FWHM per CCDStack

Processing:

CCDStack 1.3.7, Photoshop 7.0

Location:

 Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s)

Notes:

Here I tried to duplicate the field of this 14.5 inch Tech Pan image. There are many cataloged objects in this field that need a good charting program to uncover