Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Cetus (Cet)  ·  Contains:  84 Cet  ·  M 77  ·  NGC 1055  ·  NGC 1068  ·  NGC 1072  ·  The star 84Cet
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M77 Group, Enrique Rubinstein
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M77 Group

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M77 Group

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Messier 77 is the central member of the M77 Group, a small group of physically related galaxies which also includes the galaxies NGC 1055, NGC 1073, UGC 2161, UGC 2275, UGC 2302, UGCA 44, and Markarian 600. Several other galaxies (NGC 1087, NGC 1090, NGC 1094) can be seen in this region of the sky, but they lie in the background.

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M77 Group, Enrique Rubinstein