M31, M32 & NGC206: beginning resolution?

[Danilo Pivato]

Hi all,

a new proces an old sequence shots of 2008, related to the region of M31,
M32 and between NGC206.

You think there is a beginning for a resolution?

Telescope: Takahashi BRC250 + ccd ST-10XME filter: Luminance

Standard image:
http://www.danilopivato.com/tabulae_coeli/0100_n30/m32_&_ngc206_brc_L.html

Hires image:
http://www.danilopivato.com/tabulae_coeli/0100_n30/m32_&_ngc206_brc_L_hires.html

Detail a pixel real:
http://www.danilopivato.com/tabulae_coeli/0100_n30/m32_&_ngc206_brc_L_det.html

Rollower with SDSS-III (move the mouse on the image):
http://www.danilopivato.com/tabulae_coeli/0100_n30/m32_brc_sdssIII.html

Best regards,
Danilo Pivato

www.danilopivato.com (http://www.danilopivato.com)

[Ross G]

A nice closeup Danilo.

Great detail.

Ross.

[Danilo Pivato]

Thank you, Ross!
Clear skies,

Danilo Pivato

[madbadgalaxyman]

Danilo,

I am absolutely sure that you are "resolving" some of the most luminous stars. These are obviously amongst the most luminous stars in M31.

Maybe "resolving" is not the best word, as the stars themselves are so tiny. Perhaps "detecting" the stars is a better way of saying what you have achieved.

cheers, Robert

P.S.
The brightest stars in M32 and NGC 205 are also detectable with amateur astrophotography, but it is not easy to do.