Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7479
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NGC 7479 and Molecular Clouds in Pegasus, Jim Thommes
NGC 7479 and Molecular Clouds in Pegasus
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NGC 7479 and Molecular Clouds in Pegasus

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NGC 7479 and Molecular Clouds in Pegasus, Jim Thommes
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NGC 7479 and Molecular Clouds in Pegasus

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The spiral galaxy in the lower left is NGC 7479 -  a Seyfert type 2 SB(s)c galaxy - sometimes called the "Superman Galaxy". It's distance is comparable by independent estimate (82 million light years) and by redshift estimate (92 million light years). This image also shows the molecular clouds in this region of the sky. Some of their structure is cataloged in the Planck Catalog of Galactic Cold Clumps (PGCC). This field has numerous  background galaxies - a few are visible in this image. Many are obscured by the intervening galactic material from the Milky Way. Some Quasars  are also visible in this image but many are obscured by the galactic material as well. The visible Quasars range from 1.67 to 12.0 billion light years lookback.   These objects, information, background galaxies and some of the brighter stars are identified in the annotated image.

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