Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aries (Ari)  ·  Contains:  NGC 770  ·  NGC 772
NGC 772, Peter Goodhew
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A galaxy in Aries that is being torn apart by gravitational forces from its neighbouring galaxies. It is also known as Arp 78.
It is 200,000 light years across, which makes it larger than our Milky Way galaxy, and is 140 million light years from Earth.

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NGC 772, Peter Goodhew