Sunday, October 29, 2017

M77 - A galaxy in the constellation of Cetus

M77, October 20, 2017
EdgeHD-11, f/7
39x180sec at -20C  QHY10 Camera
Messier 77 (also known as NGC 1068) is a barred spiral galaxy about 47 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. Messier 77 was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780, who originally described it as a nebula. Méchain then communicated his discovery to Charles Messier, who subsequently listed the object in his catalog.[5] Both Messier and William Herschel described this galaxy as a star cluster.[5] Today, however, the object is known to be a galaxy.
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