ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | Galaxies | NGC7331-Deer-Lick-Group | NGC 7331
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NGC 7331 is a large, unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus, located roughly 39-40 million light-years away and often cited as one of the closest visual analogs to our own Milky Way in overall size and structure. Discovered by William Herschel in 1784, it is inclined steeply to our line of sight, showing an elongated disk, a prominent central bulge, and a dust lane along one edge; unusually, its bulge is known to rotate in the opposite direction to its outer disk. NGC...
Total image time was 57 minutes.
NGC 7331 is a large, unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus, located roughly 39-40 million light-years away and often cited as one of the closest visual analogs to our own Milky Way in overall size and structure. Discovered by William Herschel in 1784, it is inclined steeply to our line of sight, showing an elongated disk, a prominent central bulge, and a dust lane along one edge; unusually, its bulge is known to rotate in the opposite direction to its outer disk. NGC...
Total image time was 57 minutes.
| Moon Phase | First Quarter | ||||||||||||||
| Camera | Seestar S50 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor) | ||||||||||||||
| Optics | 260 mm focal length, f/5.2, 50 mm aperture | ||||||||||||||
| Filter | IRCUT | ||||||||||||||
| Binning | 1x1 | ||||||||||||||
| Stacking | StackingWizard, 57 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Date | 2026-09-18 | ||||||||||||||
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