![Mirach and Mirach's Ghost on Halloween, 2014. 42x60 sec @ ISO 800, TV-85 at F/5.6, IDAS-LPS, Modified Canon T3.](https://blog.cajunastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mirach-42x60-800-85f5_6-640x425.jpg)
An appropriately named object was chosen as an early evening test target on Halloween night, 2014. Mirach is Beta Andromedae and it is a jump off point for finding M31 and M33. Mirach’s Ghost is that small object very near Mirach that looks almost like a reflection glint of the bright star itself. Nope, it is actually NGC 404, a small elliptical galaxy that just happens to lie in the same line of sight.