Spiral Galaxy Messier 77: Wide-field image | European Southern Observatory

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows spiral galaxy Messier 77 and its surroundings. Messier 77 appears at the center and the edge-on galaxy NGC 1055 to its upper-right.

Credit: NASA/ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date: July 5, 2017

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