Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Grus (Gru)  ·  Contains:  IC 5294  ·  IC 5308  ·  NGC 7552  ·  NGC 7582  ·  NGC 7590  ·  NGC 7599
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The Grus Glalaxy Quartet, Paul Lloyd
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The Grus Glalaxy Quartet

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The Grus Glalaxy Quartet

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Description

These four galaxies lie in the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies. Some interaction between them is
indicated. They are all barred spirals and are, in left-to-right order, NGC 7599 at 63 Mly, NGC 7590
(the smallest) at 84.5 Mly, NGC 7582 at 69 Mly, and NGC 7552 at 56 Mly away. NGC 7552 was first
discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 whilst working at Parramatta, west of Sydney NSW.

Telescope: William Optics FLT110 refractor + 2.0x Barlow, f=1540mm
Camera:    ZWO ASI294MC Pro, 48 x 300 sec, no filter
                   Bortle 3-4 sky, 65% Moon waxing
Field of View: approx. 0º 40’ x 0º 28’
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The Grus Glalaxy Quartet, Paul Lloyd