Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7752  ·  NGC 7753
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NGC 7753/7752, Tom Harrison
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NGC7753-7752 is an interacting galaxy pair between 220-270 Million Light-Years distant toward the Constellation Pegasus. These galaxies belong to a class of interacting galaxies referred to as the M51-type. The smaller galaxy will eventually merge with the larger one, and it would appear that the smaller, highly active galaxy core is pullin away outer arm gas and dust from the larger galaxy. IC4526, also a faint galaxy near the NGC7753-52 pair, is approximately 600 Million Light-Years distant. NGC7753 is a barred spiral galaxy with a small core, but is a very large galaxy. In 2006, a supernova was observed in NGC7753. NGC7752 is an irregular galaxy with 3 major h-alpha areas and intense star formation. There is also a large amount of Integrated Flux Nebular material in the background.

Object: NGC7753 and NGC7752

Distance: 220-270 Million Light-Years

Magnitude: 13.0

Date: October 2010

Place: Fort Davis, TX

Exposure Details: LRGB 640:180:210:270

Processing: MaxIM, CCDStack, Registar, Photoshop CS3

Optics: 12.5" RCOS Truss

Focal Length: 2808mm @ f9

Mount: Paramount ME German Equatorial Robotic

Camera: SBIG STL6303E

Focuser: RCOS

Guiding: Off-axis with SBIG Guide Camera

Filters: Tru-Balance LRGB Gen II 2"

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NGC 7753/7752, Tom Harrison