Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aries (Ari)  ·  Contains:  IC 167  ·  IC 1730  ·  NGC 678  ·  NGC 680  ·  NGC 691  ·  NGC 694
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NGC691 Galaxy Group, Elvie1
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NGC691 Galaxy Group

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NGC691 Galaxy Group

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NGC691 - eponymous member of the NGC691 Galaxy Group - gravitationally  bound group in constellation Aries the Ram. Approximately 130 M LY away.

Includes face-on spiral NGC691 - bottom, NGC678 - edge-on spiral at top right, NGC680 - elliptical galaxy top right and IC167 - open armed spiral at left hand middle - closer at only 70 M LY distant. 

Captured unguided over two evenings using 30 (Lum), and 60 (RGB) second subs. Interesting when cleaning up files that it takes literally thousands of files to capture / calibrate and process a single image.

After a couple of SHO captures it was nice to process a peaceful piece of space with an uncluttered star field and such nice galactic diversity.

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NGC691 Galaxy Group, Elvie1