NGC 7331 - Deer Lick Cluster

  • The deer lick cluster, or the NGC 7331 cluster, is made up of numerous galaxies, the largest of which, in terms of angular size from our perspective, is NGC 7331 (left side). This galaxy is located about 40 million light-years (unimaginably far) away from us and can be found in the constellation Pegasus.

  • 33 x 5 minutes (2h45min)

  • 0 gain, 10 offset, -20°C, 1x1 bin

  • Imaging cam - ZWO asi294mc pro

    Filter - UV/IR cut

    Guiding cam - ZWO asi290mm mini

    Imaging scope - Celestron Edge 11HD

    Guidescope - Celestron OAG

    Mount - CPC mount

    Stellarmate mini-computer

    Stacked and processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

  • The Laurentians, Canada (Bortle ~4)

  • October 18th, 2020