1004X EX-VIEW LONG EXPOSURE ASTRO CAMERA

G1 (MAYALL II) IN M31

16th October 2003

VC200L @ F6.3 20x5sec + 10x20sec (high gain)

MAYALL II is a globular cluster in the Andromeda Galaxy and at mag +13.7 is the brightest globular outside our own galaxy. The faintest star in this image is around Vmag +19

See here for more information and a remarkable image of this object taken by the Hubble Space Telescope