The star Mirach - telescope processed image. Mirach is a red giant roughly 100 times the size of the Sun. Stargazers use it as a "guide star" to find the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies.
The star Mirach - unprocessed image. The high clouds give this image a ghostly aura. You can see Mirach’s ghost (NGC 404) at the upper right of the star.
Finally some telescope time. There as high clouds in the atmosphere but at least finally can make some observations. Here is the #star #Mirach. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur