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- Description: NGC7331 - Galaxy in Pegasus, with a few small background galaxies. Also known as Herschel I-53. 7331 is a
fairly large galaxy, 14.5 x 3.7 arc minutes in size. Also fairly bright at magnitude 9.4. The cluster to the lower left is known
as Stephen's Quintet and is a much more difficult visual challenge to see them all. They range in brightness from magnitude 13.2
to 14.3. There are a good number of other faint galaxies in this field and some faint, integrated flux nebulosity as well.
Also,
to the right of the core of NGC7331 is supernova sn2025rbs.
- Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -15C, gain 0
- Filter: UV/IR
- Scope: Takahashi FSQ-106N, 530mm F5
- Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
- Exposure: 24 x 10 minutes or 4 hours
- Location: near Elkwater, Alberta
- Date: September 23, 2025
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