Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7331  ·  NGC 7337
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NGC 7331, John Bozeman
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NGC 7331

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NGC 7331

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NGC 7331, also known as Caldwell 30, is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years (12 Mpc) away in the constellation Pegasus.  NGC 7331 is the brightest galaxy in the field of a visual grouping known as the NGC 7331 Group of galaxies. In fact, the other members of the group, NGC 7335, 7336, 7337 and 7340, lie far in the background at distances of approximately 300-350 million light years.


Two panel mosaic from SDSS DR12 Science Archive Server (SAS)


Data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

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Red - r-band
Green - g-band
Blue - g-band

Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

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NGC 7331, John Bozeman