NGC 404

[pbyrne]

Hi all

Only got one sketch in last night, NGC 404 in Andromeda, also known as Mirach's Ghost. I had originally belived that NGC 404 was almost directly behind Mirach, and I was surprised to see that it was quite a distance away. Initially I believed that it was some kind of internal reflection, but the galaxy core and fainter surround ing nebulosity were visible.

Hope you like it.

Thanks for looking.

[bish]

Nice sketch. I was going to have a go at finding this one (but probably need dark skies) - now I know where to look.

[pbyrne]

Thanks Bish

You don't need pristine skies for this, I sketched this from my heavily polluted back garden.

[DarkerSky]

Nice one Paul. Great sketch. I saw Mirach's Ghost about a month ago, and like you was pleasantly surprised how removed it was from Mirach itself. I also saw it larger in the EP with my 12". I think with a darker sky you'd see more of it.

[Doc]

Great sketch.

This galaxy is pretty easy to see.