Stephan's Quintet (NGC 7317-7320)

We are moving! In preparation for that, observations, both meteorological and astronomical, will be discontinued.
They will resume once we have settled in at the new location in Tupperville, likely in July.

Stephan's Quintet (NGC 7317-7320), 2-Sep-2011 Scope: Orion 200mm Astrograph, f/4 Mount: HEQ5 Guiding: none Imaging Camera: Canon 350D (modified) ISO: 1600 Frames: 46 @ 1m0s Total Exposure: 45m26s Processing: DSS, PixInsight Distance: 300 Mly (NGCs 7317, 7318A, 7318B, 7319, 7320C); 40 Mly (NGC 7320)   NGC 7320, at the 5 o'clock position, is a foreground object, part of the Deer Lick Group. The remaining galaxies are a physical association, with a collision in progress. Reprocessed 2013-01-27.