NGC 7479 Barred Spiral Galaxy

NGC 7479 is one of the Herschel 400 deep sky objects and one of the Caldwell Objects. Although the center is fairly bright, the outer regions of the spiral arms are very dim. It is also pretty small. You should just be able to see the central area of the galaxy with a 8-inch scope, but seeing the spiral arms will take dark skies and a large (18-24 inch scope). I was just able to capture the arms in an 85 minute CCD exposure.

	Scope: 8" LX 200 SCT
	MX-5C CCD Camera, STAR 2000 and IDAS LPR
	Focal Ratio: f10
	Exposure: 85 min (four 20 min and one 5 min combined)
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NGC 7479 Barred Spiral Galaxy
NGC 7479 is one of the Herschel 400 deep sky objects and one of the Caldwell Objects. Although the center is fairly bright, the outer regions of the spiral arms are very dim. It is also pretty small. You should just be able to see the central area of the galaxy with a 8-inch scope, but seeing the spiral arms will take dark skies and a large (18-24 inch scope). I was just able to capture the arms in an 85 minute CCD exposure.
	Constellation: Pegasus Size: 4.1 x 3.1 arcmin Magnitude: 11.6 Surface Brightness: 13.6 RA: 23h 04m 57.1s Dec: +12d 19m 18s