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NGC 772
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.
Picture
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Nomenclature
: NGC 772, Arp 78
Right Ascension: 01:59:19.6
Declination:  +19:00:27
Size: 7.1 x 4.2 arc minutes
EQUIPMENT USED
APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
IMAGE CAPTURE
Red: 27x300" bin 1x1
Green: 27x300" bin 1x1
Blue: 26x300" bin 1x1
Luminance 186x300" bin 1x1
Total Integration: 22 hours 10  minutes
Pixel scale: 0.265 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.211 degrees
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING:
CCDStack2 and Photoshop
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