Deep-sky objects have some creative nicknames, but what’s up with the Deer Lick Group? In the 1980s, amateur astronomer Tom Lorenzin was observing in the mountains of North Carolina, at the Deerlick Gap Overlook. Because his view of NGC 7331 and its surrounding galaxies was so memorable, he christened them the Deer Lick Group.
William Herschel discovered NGC 7331 in 1784. This galaxy is a pure spiral, nary a bar in sight. It lies in the constellation Pegasus the Winged Horse about 4.4&de