Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7814
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NGC 7814 -Little Sombrero, Robert Gillette
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NGC 7814 -Little Sombrero

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NGC 7814 -Little Sombrero, Robert Gillette
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NGC 7814 -Little Sombrero

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NGC 7814, in Pegasus, is 40 million light-years distant, so its captured photons set out toward Earth about the time the Alps were forming in Europe. Nicknamed the Little Sombrero for its resemblance to the larger Sombrero galaxy, M 104.

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