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NGC 7814 (Pegasus)

Object image
Fig.1 - A slimline sombrero: The "Little Sombrero" galaxy NGC 7814 in Pegasus, photographed with a 16-inch f/4.5 Dob on an equatorial platform.
Object name: Constellation: Coordinates: Apparent size: Visual brightness:
NGC 7814 Pegasus 00h03m / +16°09' 5.5' x 2.3' 10.8 mag

The spiral galaxy NGC 7814 (Caldwell 43, "Little Sombrero") in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy is seen edge-on from Earth. NGC 7814 is about 40 million light-years from Earth, has a diameter of 60,000 light-years and was discovered by William Herschel in 1784 (source: Wikipedia).

Forty-eight 3-minute exposures (144 minutes total exposure) at ISO 800 taken on September 30 / October 1, 2019 were added for this shot with the DeepSkyStacker software and the final image processing was done in Photoshop.

Equipment: Canon EOS 450D Baader modified camera, TeleVue Paracorr Type II coma corrector, 16" f/4.5 "Ninja" dobsonian telescope riding on a dual-axis Tom Osypowski equatorial platform, Lacerta MGEN autoguider, Lacerta off axis system (field of view comparison: image of the moon with the same equipment).

Object image
Fig.2 - A closer look at the "neighboring" galaxies of NGC 7814: IC 5381 is a 14th magnitude spiral galaxy seen edge-on. In the telescope, IC 5381 is in the south of NGC 7814 and measures 1.2' x 0.4'. It is 539 million light-years from Earth. PGC 1498785 and PGC 259 are 16th and 15th magnitude galaxies located 536 and 307 million light-years from Earth. The brightest star in the field is HD 225001. It is a 7th magnitude (7.2 mag) eruptive variable star 830 light-years from Earth.
Search chart
Fig.3 - Search chart for NGC 7814. Map © 2021 "The Mag-7 Star Atlas Project", www.siaris.net. Map is slightly modified. The map can be downloaded here.
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