M-77 & NGC-1055


M-77 and NGC-1055 Galaxies


Galaxy Pair


   
About this Object:
A couple of bright galaxies in the constellation Cetus.  M-77 is the face-on galaxy in the lower right.
   
Technical Details:
Optics 6" F/5 Takahashi FCT-150 Refractor
Mount Takahashi EM-500 on a Takahashi Pier
Camera SBIG ST-10XME
Filters Don Goldman's LRGB Filters
Date December 10th, 2004
Location Ft. Davis, Texas
Exposure LRGB = 110:40:40:40 minutes
   
Comments:  
The seeing was horrible this night and I got almost no detail in the core of M-77 but it does show a nice pairing of galaxies along with NGC-1055 (the edge on galaxy).
   

 

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