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NGC7331 © Ken Crawford      Rancho Del Sol Observatory  MPC G67
Image Exposure Details
Filter Exposures
Clear/ Lum 960 minutes
Red 180 minutes
Green 180 minutes
Blue 180 minutes
Ha 300 minutes
OIII     0 minutes
SII     0 minutes

NGC7331 in Pegasus is also known as the Deer Lick Group and is around 12 Mpc in distance. The smaller galaxies that appear to group above and behind are almost 10 times more distant and happen to be in our line of sight. We see these galaxies through a faint veil of high latitude dust called galactic cirrus.  See it at APOD
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This image has been inverted and contrast enhanced to help display the faint high latitude dust or galactic cirrus. These images may be used for personal or educational use but the image and this website are Copyright © Ken Crawford. If you are a publisher and would like a full resolution of this or other images please contact Ken Crawford.