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      NGC 7727
      Wallpaper author:
      Marius Dinga

      21 Feb 2026

      NGC 7727

      "NGC 7727 is a peculiar galaxy in the constellation Aquarius. It harbors two galactic nuclei, each containing a supermassive black hole, separated 1,600 light years apart. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on 27 November 1785.

      In all likelihood, this system is the product of the merger of two previous spiral galaxies that took place 1 billion years ago, with the stellar plumes and streams being the remnants of the disks of the two galaxies that collided to form this object.


      Two starlike objects can be seen in NGC 7727's center, at least one of them likely being the former core of one of those two spiral galaxies.

      NGC 7727's most likely fate is to become an elliptical galaxy in the future, with very little interstellar dust and star formation."(Wikipedia)

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 7727

      6 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CMOS
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Galaxy
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        QHY 600M
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 354.9745 Dec -12.293
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        11 Aug 2023 - 22 Aug 2023
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance3242h15m25
      Blue3122h10m25
      Green2761h55m25
      Red2881h55m24

      NGC 7727