Messier 77, also known as ARP 37 (#37 in Arp’s Catalog Of Peculiar Galaxies and NGC 1068 in the New General Catalogue) is a barred spiral galaxy about 47 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. M77 is the first galaxy in the Arp catalog listed as a low surface brightness galaxy with companions on the arms. ARP 37 (Messier 77) in the Constellation Cetus The second image has been over…
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