Deep Sky Object in Autumn
Around NGC7448 (Galaxies in Pegasus)


Date & Time: Sep 30 2022, from 20:02 to 21:00 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


These small galaxies are located 1.3 degrees northwest of α Pegasi (Markab). NGC7448 seen in the lower right of the picture is a spiral galaxy with a brightness of 11th magnitude and a major axis of 2.5 minutes. In addition, the image includes an elliptical galaxy NGC7454 and a dim spiral galaxy NGC7463 and so on. The galaxies around here form a small galaxy group about 80 million to 100 million light years away.
Numbers with 4 digits represent NGC #

NGC7448 / Galaxy, type SA(rs)bc II-III
R.A.23h 00m 03.6s (2000.0)
Dec.+15°58' 50" (2000.0)
Apparent Size2.5×1.2'
Radial Velocity+2419km/s
Magnitude11.6
Distance80 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesNGC7448 Group
Other IDsUGC 12294, CGCG 453-42
Arp 13, MCG +3-58-18
IRAS 22575+1542, PGC 70213
NGC7454 / Galaxy, type E4
R.A.23h 01m 06.5s (2000.0)
Dec.+16°23' 19" (2000.0)
Apparent Size2.0×1.4'
Radial Velocity+1991km/s
Magnitude11.8
Distance92 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesNGC7448 Group
Other IDsUGC 12305, CGCG 453-45
MCG +3-58-20, PGC 70264
NGC7468 / Galaxy, type SABb: pec
R.A.23h 01m 51.7s (2000.0)
Dec.+15°58' 56" (2000.0)
Apparent Size3.7×0.7'
Radial Velocity+2322km/s
Magnitude13.8
Distance107 million light yrs.
Group of GalaxiesNGC7448 Group
Other IDsUGC 12316, CGCG 453-48
MCG +3-58-22, PGC 70291



NGC7424
NGC7479

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