by Chris Lester



NGC 7331 is a spiral galaxy about 40 megalight-years (12 Mpc) away in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. NGC 7331 is the brightest member of NGC 7331 Group of galaxies.

Telescope: Celestron 130SLT Newtonian
Mount: Celestron one-arm Alt-Z GoTo
Guiding: unguided
Camera: DSI Color (original)
Accessories: Atik .5 focal reducer
Exposure: 41 x 30 sec subs.
Acquisition: Meade AutoStar Envisiage
Processing: MaxImDL
Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS3; Gradient XTerminator; Noel Carboni's Tools
Date/Time: August 24, 2009 / 11:30pm EST
Location: Solon, OH
Temperature: 72ºF