NGC 7814


Combination of 15, 1 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

NGC 7814 is a beautiful edge-on spiral galaxy in Pegasus. The galaxy has a very large central bulge, while the dark dust lanes appear a pencil-thin lines pointing towards the centre. The smaller galaxy towards the bottom of the image is the 14.1 magnitude IC 5381.