Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7317  ·  NGC 7318  ·  NGC 7319  ·  NGC 7320  ·  Stephan's Quintet
Stephan's quintet of September 2020 - 420 x 60 secs unguided, Stefano Ciapetti
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Stephan's quintet of September 2020 - 420 x 60 secs unguided

Stephan's quintet of September 2020 - 420 x 60 secs unguided, Stefano Ciapetti
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Stephan's quintet of September 2020 - 420 x 60 secs unguided

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420 60 secs unguided subs taken on the night of the 18th September 2020. Orion 250 F 3.9 scope, QHY183 camera, Baader coma corrector, Baader 50 nm Ha filter, on top of a Ioptron CEM60. Aquisition and stacking with Astroart. Very little processing with PS. Color version will come soon.

Stephan's Quintet is a visual grouping of five galaxies of which four form the first compact galaxy group ever discovered. The group, visible in the constellation Pegasus, was discovered by Édouard Stephan in 1877 at the Marseille Observatory. The group is the most studied of all the compact galaxy groups. The brightest member of the visual grouping (and the only non-member of the true group) is NGC 7320, which has extensive H II regions, identified as red blobs, where active star formation is occurring. (Wikipedia)

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