M32, also known as NGC 221, the brighter but smaller and closer elliptical companion of the Andromeda galaxy M31. This is a pseudocolor version of a V band image taken (in indifferent seeing) with the Lowell 1.1-meter telescope.
From Bill Keel's image collection at the University of Alabama.
Last Modification: 27 Jun 1998, 21:50 MET