Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7814  ·  PGC 1502345  ·  PGC 1504510
NGC 7814, Gary Imm
NGC 7814, Gary Imm

NGC 7814

NGC 7814, Gary Imm
NGC 7814, Gary Imm

NGC 7814

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This edge-on galaxy is located 50 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus at a declination of +16 degrees. It spans 7 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 100,000 light-years.

Like the more famous, visibly larger Sombrero Galaxy (M104), this galaxy has a beautiful golden halo and bright central bulge, cut by a thin dark dust lane. Compared to M104, NGC 7814 is similar in size but is significantly dimmer. A foreground Milky star lies directly in the line of sight of the dust lane.

The dust lane appears to be doubled in some places. It seems to me that the galaxy disk is tilted upward just a bit, so that we are peaking a bit underneath the galaxy plane. This could result in the central dense star halo obscuring the far side dust disk somewhat, leading to the visual “doubling” effect.

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