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Also known as Fiddlehead Galaxy

galaxy in the constellation Aries

Key facts

Constellation
Aries
Right ascension
01 59 19.5443
Declination
+19 ° 00 ′ 27.751 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
2469 ± 2 km/s
Distance
105.7 ± 7.5 Mly (32.42 ± 2.29 Mpc )
Type
SA(s)b
Size
~204,000 ly (62.56 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
7.2′ × 4.3′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
130000000
Image
NGC772 - Noirlab2209a.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 7525
Commons category
NGC 772
time of discovery or invention
1785-11-29
apparent magnitude
7.197
galaxy morphological type
SBb
redshift
0.008246
right ascension
29.83148195231150
declination
19.00763233295590
radial velocity
2431
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NGC 772 (also known as Arp 78 or the Fiddlehead Galaxy) is a large unbarred spiral galaxy approximately 106 million light-years away in the constellation Aries. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 29 November 1785.

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