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Spiral galaxy NGC 772 in Aries

by

A.Block/MLSC/Univ.of Az/Novapix

Reference

a-gax07-72003

Date

2010-01-21

NGC 772 is a spiral galaxy located about 100 millions light years away in the constellation Aries.  The small elliptical galaxy (above) is NGC 770 and may be interacting with NGC 772.