Iiro's DeepSky Sketches

Name: G 156 & Messier 32
RA: 0h 42m	DEC: +40° 57'
Constellation: AND
Type: Globular cluster
Magnitude: 15.6
Size: 2.5''
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Location: Härskiänsaari, Ruokolahti, Finland
Date: 3/4.12.2004 20:15
Instrument: Newton 406/1830 mm
Magnification: 244x	Filter: -
Field: 12'	Seeing: 3
Background sky: 3	NE lim mag: 6.2
Visuality: III	Height: 70°
Weather: -15°C
Description: This might be the easiest globular cluster in M31 to locate. There is a 9.3 mag star to NNE from M32, G156 lies just 1' to east from the star. G156 is only a faint 15.6 mag star-like object.
Updated: 10.12.2004 17:57