* Astronomy

NGC 7315 (also MCG 6-49-37, UGC 12097 and PGC 69241) is a magnitude +13.9 elliptical galaxy located 290 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. 

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 11th September 1872.

Right Ascension 22h 35m 31.6s, Declination +34° 48' 14"

A Type Ia supernova, classified as SN2007B, was recently discovered in NGC 7315.
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Credit SDSS