Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7331  ·  NGC 7335  ·  NGC 7337
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NGC 7331 (also known as Caldwell 30) is a spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. NGC 7331 is the brightest member of the NGC 7331 Group of galaxies.

In spiral galaxies the central bulge typically co-rotates with the disk but the bulge in the galaxy NGC 7331 is rotating in the opposite direction to the rest of the disk. The current bulge may have formed from infalling material, however if it has been there since the formation of the galaxy then it would be difficult to explain how such a situation arose.--Wiki

This is the first of two test images using the CCDT67 with the 10RCT. Not too happy with the stars, both with the corners and the brighter stars having double spikes. I'm guessing I'm seeing microlensing from the 8300, but usually only see it when undersampled. Still work to do on the spacing with the telecompressor. I may look into getting a new camera just for the RC to use at 2000mm. The stars look very good at f/8 with the TSFlat2, even off axis, so I'm a bit hesitant to touch the collimation. I think its a spacing issue.

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