Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aries (Ari)  ·  Contains:  NGC 772
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NGC 772 - The Nautilus Galaxy (with additional Lucky Imaging), Distant Luminosity
NGC 772 - The Nautilus Galaxy (with additional Lucky Imaging)
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NGC 772 - The Nautilus Galaxy (with additional Lucky Imaging)

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NGC 772 - The Nautilus Galaxy (with additional Lucky Imaging), Distant Luminosity
NGC 772 - The Nautilus Galaxy (with additional Lucky Imaging)
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NGC 772 - The Nautilus Galaxy (with additional Lucky Imaging)

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NGC 772 or Arp 78 is a large spiral galaxy in the constallation Aries. At longer expoure times one can find tidal features that might originate from interactions with the 3 companion galaxies located north of NGC 772.
For the galaxy core, a second Setup (10" Newt with ASI 120mm) was used. Low frequency lucky imaging combined with drizzle and deconvolution optimized available resolution and sharpness.

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NGC 772 - The Nautilus Galaxy (with additional Lucky Imaging), Distant Luminosity