NGC 7331 is a large and bright spiral galaxy, and Stephan’s Quintet is a group of five galaxies that are visually close together but at different distances from Earth. NGC 7331 is about 50 million light-years away, while Stephan’s Quintet has four galaxies that are gravitationally bound and colliding at about 290 million light-years away, with a fifth galaxy (NGC 7320 – the bluer one) being a closer foreground object at about 40 million light-years away. The two “groupings” are often photographed together due to their apparent proximity in the sky, although they do not form a real physical group.
Captured in my backyard bortle 5 during a few nights.
240 frames of 180 sec each one, as total 12h of light.
I hope you like it.
