Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7318  ·  NGC 7319  ·  NGC 7320  ·  NGC 7331  ·  NGC 7335  ·  NGC 7337
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Caldwell 30 | Galaxies From The Balcony OSC, Peter Graf
Caldwell 30 | Galaxies From The Balcony OSC
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Caldwell 30 | Galaxies From The Balcony OSC

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Caldwell 30 | Galaxies From The Balcony OSC, Peter Graf
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Caldwell 30 | Galaxies From The Balcony OSC

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As the balcony only allows imaging objects in the southern direction, one of them in this time of the year is Caldwell 30 / NGC 7331.

Even if the Skywatcher 150PDS with its 750mm focal length is not the preferred choice for these galaxies, Stephan's Quintet also made it into the frame. At least some blurry pixelated pixels made it. ;-)
The L-Pro filter seemed to deal quite well with the Moon and the bright illumination from the parking lot across the street.

From Wikipedia:
NGC 7331, also known as Caldwell 30, is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years (12 Mpc) away in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. 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.

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Caldwell 30 | Galaxies From The Balcony OSC, Peter Graf