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IFN and the NGC 7771 Group Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240831.html #GC7771 #galaygroup #galaxyinteaction #galaxmerger #egasus #eepsky #astrophotgraphy#space #asronomy cosmos #uiverse #integratedfluxebule #IFN #galacticirrus #spiragalaxy #edgeospiral #faceonspiral

A deep space image of the NGC 7771 galaxy group, located 200 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The image reveals a large edge-on spiral galaxy (NGC 7771) near the center, with two smaller galaxies below it. A large spiral galaxy (NGC 7769) is seen face-on to the right. The galaxies are interacting, causing distortions in their shapes and faint streams of stars created by their mutual gravitational tides. The faint, dusty galactic cirrus clouds known as Integrated Flux Nebulae (IFN) are also visible in the image. The IFN reflect starlight from our own Milky Way Galaxy and lie only a few hundred light-years above the galactic plane.
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Galaxies of the NGC 7771 Group are featured in this intriguing skyscape. Some 200 million light-years distant toward the constellation Pegasus, NGC 7771 is the large, edge-on spiral near center, about 75,000 light-years across, with two smaller galaxies below it. Large spiral NGC 7769 is seen

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