Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aries (Ari)  ·  Contains:  IC 167  ·  IC 1730  ·  NGC 678  ·  NGC 680  ·  NGC 691
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NGC 691 galaxy group - NGC 680, NGC 678, NGC 694, IC 167, Jeff Culp
NGC 691 galaxy group - NGC 680, NGC 678, NGC 694, IC 167
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NGC 691 galaxy group - NGC 680, NGC 678, NGC 694, IC 167

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NGC 691 galaxy group - NGC 680, NGC 678, NGC 694, IC 167, Jeff Culp
NGC 691 galaxy group - NGC 680, NGC 678, NGC 694, IC 167
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NGC 691 galaxy group - NGC 680, NGC 678, NGC 694, IC 167

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This group is dominated by NGC 691, a beautiful spiral galaxy about 120 m-ly from Earth.  IC 167 at Mag 14.0 is a striking barred spiral galaxy with predominately blueish stars - estimated at 66.9 m-ly.  It may have some gravitational interaction with NGC 694, a more compact galaxy above and slightly to the right in this image.   NGC 678 is viewed edge-on from our perspective and sports a beautiful dust lane showing a slight curve downwards near the nucleus. NGC 678 is 86.3 m-ly distant.

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NGC 691 galaxy group - NGC 680, NGC 678, NGC 694, IC 167, Jeff Culp