Thanks for the info, Denis. I was able to find it in Guide by zooming
in on M31. The symbol, not the image, of course! ;->

Laren



At 11:10 PM 5/19/2007, you wrote:

>To be honest I don't know where the name Mayall comes from. As for G1, I
>believe it represents the first Globular found in M31 which is equal to
>000-001. G2 is 000-002 and on it goes. I have identified over 25 in my
>16" and also a friend of mine did it with his 12.5".
>
>Denis
>
>Laren Dart wrote:
> > Denis,
> >
> > Where do the designations G1 and Mayall come from? Since it's a
> > globular rather than a star, do they refer to a catalog by someone
> > named Mayall? Just a guess...
> >
> > Thanks, Laren
> >
> > At 08:21 PM 5/19/2007, you wrote:
> >
> >> Turn M31 Globular cluster on in the user data set. G1 is called 000-001
> >> and is 13.7 magnitude.
> >>
> >> Denis

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