Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7327  ·  NGC 7331  ·  NGC 7333  ·  NGC 7335  ·  NGC 7336  ·  NGC 7337  ·  NGC 7338  ·  NGC 7340
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The Deer Lick Galaxy group, Andrea Girones
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The Deer Lick Galaxy group

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The Deer Lick Galaxy group

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This image was shot over two nights from the Ottawa Backyard.Spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is a foreground galaxy in the same field as the collection, which is also called the Deer Lick Group. It contains four other members, affectionately referred to as the "fleas": the lenticular or unbarred spirals NGC 7335 and NGC 7336, the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7337 and the elliptical galaxy NGC 7340. These galaxies lie at distances of approximately 332, 365, 348 and 294 million light years, respectively.Although adjacent on the sky, this collection is not a galaxy group, as NGC 7331 itself is not gravitationally associated with the far more distant "fleas"; indeed, even they are separated by far more than the normal distances (~2 Mly) of a galaxy group. From WikipediaEXIF: Celestron C11 SCT scope0.7x reducerASI2600MM camera Antilla LRGB filters180s exposures 4 hours Luminance and 1 hours each of RGB

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The Deer Lick Galaxy group, Andrea Girones