Dear Dr. Monard, >Due to the galaxy brightness and the standard overexposure of Cen A >images those two foreground stars are never properly depicted in >published images including those of the DSS. How about AAT image? http://vsnet.aao.gov.au/local/www/dfm/aat052.html >The most Southerly of the two stars is around magnitude 11 and lies >actually a bit outside the main image of Cen A ( I think this is >V17..) , I guess this star is visible in AAT image, wrong? Sincerely, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp