#ngc 772

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The Fiddlehead Galaxy, NGC 772 // Chris Sullivan

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NGC 772

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Arp 78: Peculiar Galaxy in Aries

Peculiar spiral galaxy Arp 78 is found within the boundaries of the head strong constellation Aries. Some 100 million light-years beyond the stars and nebulae of our Milky Way galaxy, the island universe is an enormous 200,000 light-years across. Also known as NGC 772, it sports a prominent, outer spiral arm in this detailed cosmic portrait. Tracking along sweeping dust lanes and lined with young blue star clusters, Arp 78's overdeveloped spiral arm is pumped-up by galactic-scale gravitational tides. Interactions with its brightest companion galaxy, the more compact NGC 770 seen above and right of the larger spiral, are likely responsible. Embedded in faint star streams revealed in the deep telescopic exposure, NGC 770's fuzzy, elliptical appearance contrasts nicely with spiky foreground Milky Way stars in matching yellowish hues.

Image Copyright: Josep Drudis

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This is supposed to be NGC 772 but instead is a beautiful work of art! 🌌🌌🌌

The weather was pretty bad last night so I thought it would be cool to share the astroart it produced. Beautiful art! 🌈🌈🌈

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on February 16th, 2021 at 20:58 UTC.

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NGC 772

This spiral galaxy lies 130 million light years from us in the constellation of Ares, and is twice the size of our Milky Way.

However, while it shows heavy star formation, it has a number of close partner galaxies, one of which (NGC 700) and elliptical galaxy, is pulling at it’s arm and is likely creating a bridge of matter between them. 

NGC 700 can be seen at the top of the image.

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Unbarred Distorted Spiral

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The Fiddlehead Galaxy, NGC 772 // Rabeea Alkuwari

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The Fiddlehead Galaxy, NGC 772 // Alessio Foglietti