Robert,re your post on the image by IC 1613 by John Hothersall,
I cannot believe that the stars in the image are single stars, and yet reading a few papers they say there are no star clusters in the galaxy.
One would have to question the distance of this galaxy at over two million light years even though there is quite a lot of agreement on this
Single stars at 2.35 million light is so hard to believe, even the best images of the SMC at 200.000 light are only marginally better than the images of IC 1613
M31 which is not too much further away does not show stars so clearly.
Could you explain too me what is causing this anomaly.
Don't forget John's image is with a 14" scope.
Cheers
