NGC 7331 - Deer Lick Galaxy Group (Monty Chandler)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Pegasus (Peg) · Contains: NGC 7331 · NGC 7333 · NGC 7335 · NGC 7336 · NGC 7337 · NGC 7338 · NGC 7340

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NGC 7331 - Deer Lick Galaxy Group

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NGC 7331 - Deer Lick Galaxy Group

Link: https://montychandler.smugmug.com/Astrophotography/The-Heavans/i-KL8gbJr/A

I spent the beginning of two nights in October '23 imaging the Deer Lick galaxy group with the RC8 telescope. Captured using APT running on a NUC computer mounted on my telescope. I've always found this group of galaxies interesting but didn't have the focal length until now to produce the image. Next I will shoot this group with Stephan's Quintet included in the framing. Could get busy.

NGC 7331 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located about 40 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pegasus. It's receding from us at roughly 816 kilometers per second.

NGC 7331 is the brightest galaxy in the NGC 7331 Group of galaxies, also known as the Deer Lick Group. In fact, the other members of the group, NGC 7335, 7336, 7337 and 7340, lie far in the background at distances of approximately 300-350 million light years. Additionally, NGC 7325 and NGC 7326 are in the lower right quadrant in this image

From a dark observing site, most observers can spot NGC 7331 through 50mm or larger binoculars. An 11-inch telescope and a magnification of 200x will reveal a bright core surrounded by a soft glow three times as long as it is wide.

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RA (center)	22h37m08s.241
RA (top/left)	22h38m28s.565
RA (top/right)	22h38m25s.142
RA (bottom/right)	22h35m47s.138
RA (bottom/left)	22h35m52s.320

Dec (center)	+34°25′07″.99
Dec (top/left)	+34°01′03″.29
Dec (top/right)	+34°49′47″.39
Dec (bottom/right)	+34°49′11″.91
Dec (bottom/left)	+34°00′27″.67

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