NGC206 a star cluster in M31

[MikeD]

Hi all.

I love shooting this cluster, It always blows my mind imaging another galaxy's DSO.

10 @ 600 seconds through a CLS lp filter and L filter through my 10" newt and HX916 ccd.

Mike.

[Gina]

Good capture

[Sp@ce_d]

nice

[rory]

so , thats a cluster within the andromeda galaxy or a cluster from our galaxy inline with andromeda ? sorry , im on a learning curve here .

if as i think your saying ,its a cluster within m31, then im gobsmacked and in awe of what youve captured.

[MikeD]

"NGC 206 is a vast starcloud in the Andromeda (M31) galaxy, roughly 2.5-3 million light years away. NGC 206 is one of the largest star forming regions known in our local group of galaxies. Studying Cepheid variable stars in NGC 206 can provide a way to accurately measure the distance to the cluster and the Andromeda galaxy. "

Mike.

[Daniel-K]

welldone mike !

[acey]

Very nice image. It can also be observed visually (which is why it has an NGC number) - it was discovered by Herschel in 1786 and I've seen it easily with a 12" (though it cannot be resolved visually into individual stars, of course - to the eye it looks like a bright fuzzy patch). Both M31 and M33 have a lot of DSOs visible from Earth - mostly star clouds and HII regions. M31 has a number of globular clusters that can be seen as starlike in telescopes: the brightest (known as Mayall II, or G1) can be seen as non-stellar in a 10". It would be worth having a go at imaging it. This thread has details on how to find it: http://stargazerslou...topic/79872-g1/

[PNJ]

Hi

interesting capture, i have not checked but there is prob a few variable stars in there, worth taking a shot again in a few months to see if there is any variation in magnitudes

Paul J

[MikeD]

Very nice image. It can also be observed visually (which is why it has an NGC number) - it was discovered by Herschel in 1786 and I've seen it easily with a 12" (though it cannot be resolved visually into individual stars, of course - to the eye it looks like a bright fuzzy patch). Both M31 and M33 have a lot of DSOs visible from Earth - mostly star clouds and HII regions. M31 has a number of globular clusters that can be seen as starlike in telescopes: the brightest (known as Mayall II, or G1) can be seen as non-stellar in a 10". It would be worth having a go at imaging it. This thread has details on how to find it: http://stargazerslou...topic/79872-g1/

Thanks for the info I might have a crack at that.

Mike.

[Anweniel]

Makes for a very interesting subject, i find it very impressive to think this is a formation within another galaxy! Your picture gives a feel of the cluster just teasing a little from behind a veil of galactic dust love it