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Galaxy · Pegasus

NGC 7626 · NGC 7619

Two smooth galaxies without arms, in Pegasus, 7 arcminutes apart, which William Herschel discovered on the same day, 26 September 1785.

Le Cœur et l'Âme · Photograph by the author · 3h 47m of exposure, DwarfLab DWARF 3

NGC 7626 · NGC 7619, duration not logged
NGC 7626 · NGC 7619 duration not logged · Unistellar eQuinox 2

NGC 7619 is an elliptical; NGC 7626 is classed as elliptical or lenticular depending on the catalogue. Both belong to the NGC 7619 group of galaxies; going by their velocity, NGC 7619 is about 163 million light-years away and NGC 7626 about 146 million. In the photo, NGC 7626 is the milky ball at the centre and NGC 7619 its neighbour at bottom right; the small elongated spiral at top left is NGC 7631, from the same group.

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duration not logged 1 shot

0 towards 25h 12m · cumulative integration on this object

Temps d'intégration : the total exposure time, the sum of every exposure stacked on an object.

Designation
NGC 7626 · NGC 7619
Family
Galaxy
Constellation
Pegasus
Shots taken
1
Album date
4 September 2026
Cumulative integration
not logged

The album date is the one the photo album gives the file, not the date of the shot: the device burns none into this image.

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