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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.

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The Deer Lick Group (upper right) and Stephan's Quintet (lower left) // Qizhen Zhang

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The Deer Lick Group: NGC 7331 (center) and the "fleas" // NelzAstro

The "fleas" are, from left to right: NGC 7337, NGC 7340, NGC 7335, and NGC 7336.

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The Deer Lick Group: NGC 7331 (center, "the deer") and "the fleas" (NGCs 7335, 7336, 7337, and 7340, top) // AstroPx

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The Deer Lick Group // BabaYaga

The “deer” is the larger galaxy, NGC 7331, while the “fleas” are a collection of unrelated background galaxies: NGC 7335, 7336, 7337, and 7340.

Located within NGC 7331 near the center is a new supernova, SN 2025rbs, discovered on July 14, 2025 by the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO).

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The Deer Lick Group // Alpha Zhang

The "deer" is the larger galaxy, NGC 7331, while the "fleas" are a collection of unrelated background galaxies: NGC 7335, 7336, 7337, and 7340.

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Stephan's Quintet (HCG 92, lower left) and the Deer Lick Group (upper right) // Seung-Jun Kim

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The Deer Lick Group // Marek Szymonski

The large galaxy, NGC 7331, is the "deer" and the smaller galaxies above it (NGC 7335, 7336, 7337, 7340) are the "fleas".

Reportedly, Tomm Lorenzin named this galaxy grouping "The Deer Lick Group" in honor of Deer Lick Gap in North Carolina where he observed this group of galaxies.