Posted on 07/22/2021 5:32:48 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Point your telescope toward the high flying constellation Pegasus and you can find this expanse of Milky Way stars and distant galaxies. NGC 7814 is centered in the pretty field of view that would almost be covered by a full moon. NGC 7814 is sometimes called the Little Sombrero for its resemblance to the brighter more famous M104, the Sombrero Galaxy. Both Sombrero and Little Sombrero are spiral galaxies seen edge-on, and both have extensive halos and central bulges cut by a thin disk with thinner dust lanes in silhouette. In fact, NGC 7814 is some 40 million light-years away and an estimated 60,000 light-years across. That actually makes the Little Sombrero about the same physical size as its better known namesake, appearing smaller and fainter only because it is farther away. In this telescopic view from July 17, NGC 7814 is hosting a newly discovered supernova, dominant immediately to the left of the galaxy's core. Cataloged as SN 2021rhu, the stellar explosion has been identified as a Type Ia supernova, useful toward calibrating the distance scale of the universe.
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“...and both have extensive halos and central bulges...”
My Halo is currently in the shop for repairs, but I DO have that ‘central bulge’ so many of us are battling these days. ;)
Gorgeous, as always. Wish the Canadian ‘particulates’ would clear up here so I could SEE ‘my’ stars at night!
A word of caution : it’s my understanding that Hunter Biden left HIS halo at some repair shop in Baltimore and NEVER picked it up !!
MtnClimber, thanks for posting! Totally awesome.
Happy we have telescopes cameras and computers to make these otherwise distant and remote objects sensible to us!
Thanks for posting this - I really appreciate your work.
Amazing photography of the super nova !
Equally amazing shots of the Wildlife.
Thank you very much for sharing.
You made an old man smile !
Glad many liked the photos!
Ick! I hope mine doesn’t come back infected! *SHUDDER*
Every speck you see is a star, or a galaxy full of stars. Literally trillions and trillions of stars out there, some as big as our entire solar system.
Yet they tell us it was all just a cosmological accident..................
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