Object Information:

 

NGC 7814 - This nearly edge-on spiral galaxy is located within the constellation of Pegasus.  Its distance is not accurately known but is estimated to lie between 40 million and 50 million light years distant.  A careful look at this image will reveal a multitude of tiny and very distant background galaxies. Only five of the background galaxies shown in this image are brighter than magnitude 20.

  Imaged at: 

 

Mt. Laguna, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, California;
Elevation - 5,400 feet

  Equipment:  

 

Optics - RC Optical Systems 10" Ritchey-Chrétien optical tube at f/9,
Mount - Astro Physics 1200 GTO,
Camera - Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) ST-10XME NABG CCD,
Filter - SBIG CFW-8 with Astrodon "E" Series CRGB filters

  Exposure Information:

 

August 7, 2005
A sum of fifteen 360 second exposures.

  Camera Control Software:

 

CCD Soft Ver. 5

  Image Processing Software:

 

Image calibration - MIRA AP 7; Final processing - Photoshop CS