Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Grus (Gru)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7531  ·  NGC 7552  ·  NGC 7582  ·  NGC 7599  ·  The star φ Gru
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The Grus Quartet wide field, Wes Smith
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The Grus Quartet wide field

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The Grus Quartet wide field

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Finding unprocessed data is always welcome when weeks of bad weather persist. Experimenting with deep sky and wide field spanning  approximately 4 x 2 degrees  which the William Optics GT71 affords.  Not enough data again but at seasons end I was glad to capture one on my favourite  visual Southern Galaxy clusters .The Triplet falls within the  FOV of the  the 31mm Nagler through  "Zamar"  ,20" SDM pimped Obsession Classic with a small nudge to gather the 4th member NGC7552 .All of which are known to be graviationally bound . This group sits at around 60 million light years  X)

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The Grus Quartet wide field, Wes Smith