aka NGC 221 is a dwarf "early-type" galaxy about 2,650,000 light-years from our star 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.
Its true size is about ​3⁄4 of the radius of the sun from the local galactic centre, 6,300–6,700 light-years (1,900–2,100 pc) at its quite unpronounced widest.

The galaxy is a prototype of the relatively rare, compact elliptical (cE) class. Half the stars concentrate within an effective radius (inner core) of 330 light-years .