NGC 7814 (also known as UGC 8 or Caldwell 43) is a

spiral galaxy Spiral galaxies form a class of galaxy originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work ''The Realm of the Nebulae''light-year A light-year, alternatively spelled light year, is a large unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equivalent to about 9.46 trillion kilometers (), or 5.88 trillion miles ().One trillion here is taken to be 1012 ...

s away in the

constellation A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms Asterism (astronomy), a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object. The origins of the e ...

Pegasus Pegasus ( grc-gre, Πήγασος, Pḗgasos; la, Pegasus, Pegasos) is one of the best known creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine stallion usually depicted as pure white in color. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as hor ...

. The galaxy is seen edge-on from Earth. It is sometimes referred to as "the little sombrero", a miniature version of

Messier 104 #REDIRECT Sombrero Galaxy The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104 or NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of Virgo and Corvus, being about from the Milky Way galaxy. It is a m ...

. The star field behind NGC 7814 is known for its density of faint, remote

galaxies A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek ' (), literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System. ...

as can be seen in the image here, in the same vein as the Hubble Deep Field. One

supernova A supernova is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star. It has the plural form supernovae or supernovas, and is abbreviated SN or SNe. This transient astronomical event occurs during the last evolutionary stages of a massive star or when ...

has been observed in NGC 7814: SN 2021rhu ( Type Ia, mag 12.2).Transient Name Server entry for SN 2021rhu.
Retrieved 4 January 2023.

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NOAO: NGC 7814

NGC 7814 imaged via the Virtual Telescope robotic facility
* Unbarred spiral galaxies Pegasus (constellation) 7814 00008 00218 043b {{Spiral-galaxy-stub

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