Astronomy Picture of the Day ·

NGC 7771 Galaxy Group

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for August 29, 2009 is “NGC 7771 Galaxy Group,” an image. The picture is copyrighted by its creator (Credit & Copyright: Kent Biggs). The original explanation runs about 120 words.

NGC 7771 Galaxy Group
Credit & Copyright: Kent Biggs Copyrighted Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“Slide your cursor over the image to identify three members of this intriguing gathering of galaxies . Known as the NGC 7771 Group, they lie almost 200 million light-years away toward the high flying constellation Pegasus .”

— APOD editors, August 29, 2009

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
August 29, 2009
Type
Image
Credit
Credit & Copyright: Kent Biggs
Copyright
Copyrighted by the credited creator. Ask the copyright holder before reusing it.
Explanation length
About 120 words

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