Zero is the first of ten symbols — the digits — with which we are able to represent any of an infinitude of numbers. Zero is also the first of the numbers which we must represent. Yet zero, first of the digits, was the last to be invented; and zero, first of the numbers, was the last to be discovered.
Constance reid, From Zero to Infinity
- Messier 32 (Wikipedia)
Messier 32 (also known as M32 and NGC 221) is a dwarf “early-type” galaxy about 2,650,000 light-years (810,000 pc) from the Solar System, appearing in the constellation Andromeda. M32 is a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1749.