Object: The Andromeda Galaxy MESSIER 31 Constell: AND RA: 00h 42.7m Decl: +41° 16.1' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 3.4m (v)/8.1m (v) Size: 3°x1° /8.8'x6.2' Type: SA(s)b/cE2 Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 29./30.11.1991, 20.20 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 63x Filter: Field: 60' NE Lim.mag: 5.3m Background sky: 4 Seeing: 2-3 Weather: OK. Brightness: 2 Alt: Description: Huge and extremely bright. The northern edge is well defined while the S side is much more diffuse. The dust lane which defines the N edge was not visible though. M 32: Quite small, round, extremely concentrated towards a vB stellar nucleus.