This is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus and is about 46 million light years from us.
It is oriented almost edge-on but has enough tilt to show its bright core and beautiful color.
It was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel in 1784.
Modern classification has NGC7331 as a member of the Deer Lick Group of galxies,
many of which can be seen near it. There are multiple faint galaxies that can
be seen throughout the image but they are much farther away.
A supernova was discovered in it in 1959.

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Dates Taken:
September 28 thru 30, 2008
Location:
Okie-Tex Star Party (near Kenton, OK)
Telescope:
Takahashi TSA-102 f/8 at Prime Focus
Mount:
Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera:
SBIG ST-8XME NABG w/ CFW-9, Astrodon LRGB Filters
Exposures:
Luminance - 225 mins,5 min subs, binned 1X1;
Red - 112 mins, 7 min subs; binned 1X1
Green - 96 mins, 6 min subs; binned 1X1
Blue - 128 mins, 8 min subs; binned 1X1
Total LRGB: 9 hrs 21 mins
Processing:
CCDStack and Photoshop CS2