NGC 7385 Galaxy Cluster (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Pegasus (Peg) · Contains: NGC 7383 · NGC 7384 · NGC 7385 · NGC 7386 · NGC 7387 · NGC 7388 · NGC 7389 · NGC 7390 · PGC 1394473 · PGC 1395249 · PGC 1396230 · PGC 1397704 · PGC 1397833 · PGC 69819 · PGC 69832 · PGC 69835 · PGC 95571

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NGC 7385 Galaxy Cluster

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NGC 7385 Galaxy Cluster

This object is a small, rarely imaged galaxy cluster located 260 million light years away in the constellation of Pegasus at a declination of +12 degrees. All of the larger galaxies in this image are a similar distance away from us. I don’t see any obvious interaction amongst these galaxies.

The namesake of the group, the large elliptical NGC 7385 in the center, is about 225,000 light years in diameter. Looking closely, a faint blue partially absorbed “companion” smudge is visible just above and left of the core of NGC 7385. I could not find any information to confirm whether this is a true companion or not.

The elliptical above it, NGC 7386, looks to me to be just as large as NGC 7385, although it is a bit inclined. I love the tiny “saturn-like” distant spiral galaxy just to the left of NGC 7386.

Some of the other galaxy structures in this image are fascinating to me, including the barred ring spirals NGC 7389 and NGC 7390 at lower left, and the grand spiral NGC 7383 at lower right. I am especially intrigued by the close pair of galaxies at left – NGC 7387 and PGC 69835. My mind wants to make these two galaxies interacting and connect them with faint star streams, but I don’t think that is a valid conclusion based on my image.

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RA (center)	22h49m52s.737
RA (top/left)	22h50m28s.171
RA (top/right)	22h49m13s.744
RA (bottom/right)	22h49m17s.338
RA (bottom/left)	22h50m31s.699

Dec (center)	+11°36′29″.37
Dec (top/left)	+11°44′39″.81
Dec (top/right)	+11°43′37″.40
Dec (bottom/right)	+11°28′18″.84
Dec (bottom/left)	+11°29′20″.95

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