NGC7331 in color, Daniele Malleo

NGC7331 in color

NGC7331 in color, Daniele Malleo

NGC7331 in color

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Description

Description from Wikipedia:

NGC 7331 (also known as Caldwell 30) is a spiral galaxy about 40 megalight-years (12 Mpc) 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.

The galaxy is similar in size and structure to the galaxy we inhabit, and is often referred to as "the Milky Way's twin", although recent discoveries regarding the structure of the Milky Way may call this similarity into doubt

Technical Details:

(RA, Dec) center: (339.271585999, 34.4194478982) degrees

Orientation: 0.20016608734 deg E of N

Pixel scale: 0.651006126966 arcsec/pixel

Acquired on August 10, 2013 from Blue Canyon, Ca

L: 8 x 20m

R,G,B:8 x 10m each (2x2 bin)

Pixel scale: 0.65 arcsec/pixel

Total exposure time: ~6.5 hours

Main Camera: QSI 583 WSG

Guide Camera: SXV Lodestar (on OAG)

Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 1

Scope: Celestron Edge HD 8" (FL: 2145 mm)

SXV Adaptive Optics

Image Aquisition software MaximDL

Registed, Calibrated and Stacked in MaximDL

Post Processed entirely with PixInsight 1.8

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NGC7331 in color, Daniele Malleo