| Type |
Location |
r.a. |
dec. |
Size |
Magnitude |
Distance |
| Galaxy |
Cet |
2h42.7 |
-0°01' |
6.6' x 2.7' |
6.9' x 5.9' |
47 Mly |
Messier 77 (also known as NGC 1068) is a barred spiral galaxy
about 47 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus
According to
Chandra X-Ray observatory, there is a super massive
black hole in the center of this galaxy.
This galaxy has very dim arms as can be seen on the negative image below :
More from
Wikipedia
| Date |
Telescope |
Binning |
Exp Time (s) |
Special processing |
Notes |
| Nov 26, 2006 |
Centurion
18" |
L 1:1
RGB 3:1 |
L 3x300
R,G,B 300 |
LRGB, Max Entropy, DDP |
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