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NGC 7317

NGC 7317 — Stephan's Quintet

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· Pegasus
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Target information

Object type
Galaxy
Constellation
Pegasus
Right ascension
22h 36m 06s
Declination
+33° 58′ 00″
Magnitude
13
Angular size
3′
Surface brightness
Not recorded
Difficulty
Advanced
Best months
Aug-Nov
Catalog IDs
NGC 7317

About this target

Compact interacting group.

Recommended telescopes

Celestron
3910mm f/11.0 · 356mm aperture
Frames 15% of APS-C FOV
Celestron
2800mm f/10.0 · 279mm aperture
Frames 10% of APS-C FOV
Meade
2540mm f/10.0 · 254mm aperture
Frames 9% of APS-C FOV
Astro-Tech
2432mm f/8.0 · 305mm aperture
Frames 9% of APS-C FOV
Takahashi
2415mm f/11.5 · 210mm aperture
Frames 9% of APS-C FOV
Celestron
2350mm f/10.0 · 235mm aperture
Frames 9% of APS-C FOV

Recommended cameras

QHYCCD
3.76µm pixels · cooled
Player One
4.63µm pixels · cooled
ZWO
5.94µm pixels · cooled
OGMA
3.76µm pixels · cooled
OGMA
3.76µm pixels · cooled
ToupTek
2.90µm pixels · cooled

Example framing

FOV 0.34° × 0.23°
Scale 0.20″/px
Target fills 22% of frame
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FOV 0.48° × 0.32°
Scale 0.28″/px
Target fills 16% of frame
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FOV 0.43° × 0.29°
Scale 0.38″/px
Target fills 17% of frame
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