The Deer Lick Group and Stephans Quintet - not exactly two jazz bands...
August 28, 2016
As the first project for my new Skywatcher EQ6 SynScan GoTo mount I chose a real deep-sky target: two galaxy-groups in the constellation Pegasus located about 40 and 300 million light years away from our earth.
Overview image:
Image data:
Telescope: Skywatcher Newton 200/1000 on Skywatcher EQ6 SynScan mount,
Camera: Canon 700D
Total exposure time: 2h 30min, ISO 800 (1.5 and 2 minutes exposures)
Some NGC and PGC galaxies are labeled:
DEER LICK GROUP
NGC 7331: spiral galaxy, 40 million light years away
NGC 7333: star (not a galaxy) in the constellation Pegasus
NGC 7335: spiral galaxy
NGC 7336: spiral galaxy
NGC 7337: barred spiral galaxy
NGC 7340: elliptical galaxy,
STEPHAN´S QUINTETT
NGC 7317: elliptical galaxy, 300 million light years away
NGC 7318 A: elliptical galaxy, 300 million light years away
NGC 7318 B: barred spiral galaxy, 300 million light years away
NGC 7319: barred spiral galaxy, 300 million light years away
NGC 7320: spiral galaxy, 39 million light years away
NGC 7320 C: barred spiral galaxy, 35 million light years away
NGC and PGC galaxies in the surrounding area:
NGC 7343: barred spiral galaxy, 35 light years away
NGC 7326
PGC 69291
PGC 69346
PGC 141041
PGC 141039
PGC 141035
PGC 2051985
there are 7 other galaxies visible on the image where I cannot find a catalog number. Probably coming soon… :)
To have an idea about the difference between an amateur setup and the most professional one here you can see a beautiful Hubble Space Telescope image of Stephans Quintet:
