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falubiii t1_iqsn7hd wrote

Reply to comment by ilovemytablet in Andromeda (M31) by P3n1sD1cK

Pretty much, yes. You can't resolve many (if any) individual stars in Andromeda with backyard equipment.

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brent1123 t1_iqt5ziw wrote

OP uses a 60mm aperture telescope - the one I have is 70mm (not significantly larger) and has resolved stars in both M31 and M33 quite easily. Of course, most of the stars won't be resolved but capturing the giants in NGC 206 is not difficult

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P3n1sD1cK OP t1_iqt8tbu wrote

I think that if I had taken longer exposures, 1m+ I possibly could have resolved stars closer towards the center, but im also not sure, the center is quite bright.

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brent1123 t1_iqt9911 wrote

The center doesn't have too many bright stars, though it does have some really interesting dust spirals (for comparison, I recently reedited my own M31 data). You captured some of NGC 206 in your photo though, if you look closely you may see some pinpoints (hard to tell from Imgur)

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P3n1sD1cK OP t1_iqtfmn2 wrote

I do think that I see some pinpoints there: last night I actually gathered some more data and reedited, if your interested here is the full resolution photo: https://www.astrobin.com/56dgkp/B/ unlike you I am not guiding, nor did I gather anywhere near the amount of data that you did, I do have a guide scope arriving tomorrow, im still a baby in this hobby of mine haha.

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DigitalPriest t1_iqudsxz wrote

Question: Can we resolve them with industrial grade equipment like JWST? I honestly don't know. I'm curious how far away the furthest star is that we can even barely image.

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