Messier 77 and Company image

Messier 77 and Company


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Messier 77 (lower left) is a barred spiral galaxy 47 million light-years distant in the constellation Cetus (The Sea Monster). M77 is ~1.7 times larger in diameter than our Milky Way and is classified as a Seyfert galaxy which contain a very luminous nucleus powered by a super massive black hole. Moving to the right center of the image 442,000 light-years we see the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC1055. NGC1055 is ~1.2 times larger than our Milky Way and is also located in the constellation Cetus at a distance of 52 million light-years. http://owlmountainobservatory.com https://www.facebook.com/OwlMountainObservatory