Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)
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M31's G1 globular cluster (Mayall II), erdmanpe
M31's G1 globular cluster (Mayall II)
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M31's G1 globular cluster (Mayall II)

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M31's G1 globular cluster (Mayall II), erdmanpe
M31's G1 globular cluster (Mayall II)
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M31's G1 globular cluster (Mayall II)

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The rather uninspiring bright spot in the little mouse-ear triangle located a little to the left and below center.   G1 is huge, much larger than our Omega Centauri, but a lot farther away. It's also located ~2.5 degrees from the center of M31, so its identity is not so obvious. Just ten, 5sec exposures to keep the stars from saturating. Simple dark subtract and sum in Maxim.

Of course Hubble has made a spectacular image of it:
https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2002/18/1234-Image.html

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M31's G1 globular cluster (Mayall II), erdmanpe