Then clouds and haze increased. We tried to compensate by increasing exposure times, but clouds eventually covered the whole sky. There are 9 frames in the animation below. Galaxy NGC 4746 can be seen as an elongated object near center. The galaxy and nearby stars fade in and out during the animation because clouds passed by during some of the exposures.
Ceres is overexposed, and the galaxy is underexposed.
We hoped to try again and make a better, longer movie on one of several nights when Ceres passed by other galaxies.