NGC 7497 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus, around 60 million light years away. We see it almost edge-on, which makes its dust and disc structure clearly visible. In the image it looks as if the galaxy is surrounded by nebulosity — but these are actually dust clouds within our own Milky Way. These very faint “Integrated Flux Nebulae” reflect the light of many stars and lie only a few hundred light years from us. That makes the image especially intriguing: it shows a distant galaxy and nearby structures of our Milky Way at the same time.
| IMAGE DATA | |
|---|---|
| Object | NGC7497 |
| Distance | approx. 60 million light years |
| Date | 18. & 25/08.2025 |
| Exposure | RGB each 56x 120sec. & Luminance 138x 180sec. . - Total approx. 12.5h |
| Mount | Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro |
| Telescope | Askar 120APO with 0.8x Reducer |
| Camera | ZWO ASI 2600mm with ZWO LRGB Filter |
| Guiding | Zwo Asi OAG with ZWO Asi 290mm Mini & Asiair |
| Software | AsiAir, Astropixel Processor, Pixinsight, Photoshop CC, NoiseXterminator, Star X Terminator, BlurXterminator, Nik Collection 7 |