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NGC7331- The Deer Lick Group
This magnitude 10.3 galaxy in Pegasus and it's fainter companions also have the collective name "The Deer Lick Group" of galaxies. NGC7331 is a nearly edge on spiral lying at a distance of approx. 50 million light years.
 

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Date/Location: Corringham   7-8-20 August 2007
Equipment: Meade 8" f/10 ARC
Camera/Exposure: ST10XME CCD camera + Astrodon filters
  LHaRGB image comprising 240/100/120/120/120 mins
Notes: Poor seeing during part of the image capture

 

 

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Date/Location: Corringham   14-15 August 2004
Equipment: 5" F6 TMB  Apo Refractor on AP900 mount
Camera/Exposure: ST2000XM ccd camera - LRGB = 180/30/30/30 minutes
   
Notes: Exceptional seeing for my location over 2 nights enabled me to get some nice detail  in this galaxy. In fact, there are 13 galaxies in this image, you may see about 6 or 7 of the faint galaxies at web resolution

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