Galaxy
NGC 7479 (NGC7479)
In Pegasus (Peg) • Magnitude 11.1 • 3.6 arcminutes
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Barred spiral in Pegasus.
NGC 7479 at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 7479 |
| Type | Galaxy |
| Constellation | Pegasus (Peg) |
| Right ascension | 23h 04m 57s |
| Declination | +12° 19' 22" |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.10 |
| Surface brightness | 23.0 mag/arcsec² |
| Angular size | 3.6 × 2.7 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | 57° |
| Best imaging months | Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec |
How to image NGC 7479
NGC 7479 sits in the constellation Pegasus at right ascension 23h 04m 57s and declination +12° 19' 22". To frame and integrate it well, AstroPlanner will compute the optimal moonless window for tonight from your location, the field-of-view fit against your sensor and focal length, the suggested total integration time given your aperture and sky Bortle class, and a cloud-aware schedule that drops it from the plan if your nearest cloud forecast spike overlaps the best altitude window. As a galaxy, NGC 7479 needs the darkest skies you can find: surface brightness, not just apparent magnitude, drives whether it will lift out of the gradient.