Jun 3
The Deer Lick Group // chen zihan
In the center is the "deer", NGC 7331. Above it and far in the background are the "fleas", from left to right: NGC 7337, NGC 7340, NGC 7335, and NGC 7336.
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The Deer Lick Group // chen zihan
In the center is the "deer", NGC 7331. Above it and far in the background are the "fleas", from left to right: NGC 7337, NGC 7340, NGC 7335, and NGC 7336.
NGC 7331
I compared two of my recent galaxy photos to higher-resolution images to see how many background galaxies I'd picked up.
Looks like I got quite a few. Each circled bit of fuzz is a galaxy, on the order of 400 million light years away.
Spectacular image of the spiral galaxy NGC 7331 captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. It’s located around 45 million light-years from Earth, residing in the constellation Pegasus.
I don’t know about you, but this is one of the sexiest pictures of a galaxy I’ve ever seen. This galaxy knows it’s fine af—showing off its lovely and colorful swirling arms. Fuck me.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA/D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University)
NGC 7331 and the Deer Lick Group of Galaxies
Spiral galaxy NGC 7331, courtesy of ESA/Hubble & NASA/D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University).
Hubble’s Majestic Spiral in Pegasus by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Via Flickr: This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a spiral galaxy known as NGC 7331. First spotted by the prolific galaxy hunter William Herschel in 1784, NGC 7331 is located about 45 million light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus (the Winged Horse). Facing us partially edge-on, the galaxy showcases its beautiful arms, which swirl like a whirlpool around its bright central region. Astronomers took this image using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), as they were observing an extraordinary exploding star — a supernova — near the galaxy’s central yellow core. Named SN 2014C, it rapidly evolved from a supernova containing very little hydrogen to one that is hydrogen-rich — in just one year. This rarely observed metamorphosis was luminous at high energies and provides unique insight into the poorly understood final phases of massive stars. Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA/D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University) Read more NASA Media Usage Guidelines
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