M31 or M32?

[Mamsoth]

Hi everyone, I was out last night in really bad light pollution (I have a set of massive floodlights that blaze down on my garden every night until 10). The light was so bad I couldn't even find andromeda with my ep so I had a go with my camera to try and track it down. I ended up being beaten by the clouds that were fast rolling in. So I took a single rough frame so I could ask the following question. Is this m31 or m32?

Although I've observed them both many times it's the first time I've managed to get the camera on them so I can't figure out which it is.

Got a sneaking suspicion it's m32 but could use some sage advice

Cheers and clear skies

[PeterW]

Info on scope, camera and exposure would help. M31 would look a little elliptical, also seeing m32 should show a large bright m31 nearby, so maybe m31.... Anyone else want to chip in.... Astrometry.net?

PEterW

[Slangers]

Almost certainly M31. It's the way I see it from my not-so-dark site.

[Psychobilly]

Your wish...

Astrometry.net (Finished job alpha-201102-02136840)

M32 it is... Oh no it isnt... cant even type properly... or read what I have typed ...

Billy...

[RikM]

NGC224 = M31

[Psychobilly]

Doh...

[davew]

M31. M32 is just out of shot top left.

Dave.

[PeterW]

Knew someone would do that magic. We could even guess the approximate focal length of your scope if we guessed the pixel size..... I'm too tired to do that at the moment. Take some more images of random bits ofnthe sky and see if you can fool astrometry!

Peterw

[Mamsoth]

Thanks everyone, wow just realised how much I need to clean my focal reducer, so many black smudges. Astrometry.net is brilliant, what a great resource.

Cheers guys