M 32 (NGC 221)
M 32, or NGC 221. A small satellite galaxy of Andromeda (M 31). Classified E2 (sometimes cE2 in NED).
This is a combination of 3 BRT images
16 Oct 2008 00:27 UTC, and 2 on 17 Oct 2008 00:30 UTC
120000 ms exposures colour filter.
Interestingly in my first image I seem to have captured an asteroid or possibly a NEO
but it was not apparently present in the FOV the following night. My very very rough and VERY imprecise maths had it moving at a rate of ~10 arc min in a 24 hour period (Quite close, or very fast). So now, some 36 hours later, I have absolutely no idea where it is. My guess is somewhere in the constellation Cetus. I rate my chances of finding it around 1 billion times that of finding a needle in a haystack, in a field full of haystacks :( Possibly worse!
This is a combination of 3 BRT images
16 Oct 2008 00:27 UTC, and 2 on 17 Oct 2008 00:30 UTC
120000 ms exposures colour filter.
Interestingly in my first image I seem to have captured an asteroid or possibly a NEO
but it was not apparently present in the FOV the following night. My very very rough and VERY imprecise maths had it moving at a rate of ~10 arc min in a 24 hour period (Quite close, or very fast). So now, some 36 hours later, I have absolutely no idea where it is. My guess is somewhere in the constellation Cetus. I rate my chances of finding it around 1 billion times that of finding a needle in a haystack, in a field full of haystacks :( Possibly worse!
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M32_BRT.jpg