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NGC 772 is an unbarred spiral galaxy surrounded by numerous satellite galaxies. This face-on spiral has a diameter of about 200,000 light years, or twice the size of the Milky Way Galaxy. Also listed as Arp 78 in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
Located 130 million light years away
(image reduced to 60% of original size)
FOV = 20 x 15 arc minutes
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