NGC 770 and NGC 772
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Type Location r.a. dec. Size Magnitude Distance
Galaxy Ari 1h59.3 +19°01' 7.1 x 4.5' 10 130 Mly

NGC 772 (also known as Arp 78) is an unbarred spiral galaxy approximately 130 million light-years away in the constellation Aries. It is about twice the size of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
Other galaxies visible: NGC 770 (South, in interaction), PGC 7509 (South-West)

 

NGC 772 and NGC 770

 

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Date Telescope Binning Exp Time (s) Special processing Notes
Oct 5, 2002 Centurion
18"
L 1:1
RGB 3:1
L 3x300
RGB 300
LRGB, Max Entropy, DDP Image sampling: .93" / pixel