Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 40 x 20s unfiltered images and 16 x 20s V, R and I images. Image taken 01/11/2006 21:48-22:44 UT.
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| Description: M77 is a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. The bright inner spiral arms show up clearly on this image.
Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 40 x 20s unfiltered images and 16 x 20s V, R and I images. Image taken 01/11/2006 21:48-22:44 UT. |
Physical information: Magnitude: 9.7, size: 7.3'x6.3', p.a. 70 deg, classification: Sb/P, aka NGC 1068, UGC 2188, Arp 37, Cetus A, 3C 71.