NGC 7479, Barred Spiral Galaxy in Perseus

NGC 7479 is a barred spiral galaxy, a recognized

Seyfert galaxy.  Commonly known as the

Superman galaxy it is 105 Mly from us

in the constellation Perseus.

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Date:  31 October, 2026

FOV:  approximately 15' × 10'; the angular size of

NGC 7479 is 4.0' × 3.1'

Rotation:  0.341°

Telescope:  SVBony MK127 Mak-Cass (nominally 1500mm, f/11.8

calculated 1420.84mm, f/11.2)

Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide cameras,

SVBony SV165 Mini 40mm f/4 guide scopes

Computer:  ASIair plus and ASIair 256G

Mount:  ZWO AM5 harmonic drive

Camera:  ZWO ASI071mc 90 gain (-10°C)

Pixel size:  4.78 μm

Resolution:  0.694 arcsec/pixel

Filter:  Optolong UV/IR cut

Stacking:  twenty-six 300 second frames using PixInsight

Total Time:  2 hours and 10 minutes

Processing:  Pixinsight – SPPC, DBE, SPCC, BXT, NXT → Linear

MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST → Stars, Sat,

StarXT, MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST → Starless,

HDRMST3PhLm, Sat, PMath ~(~Stars*~Starless) → Blend, scale

Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY