elliptical galaxy
An elliptical galaxy is a type of galaxy with an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless image. They are one of the three main galaxy morphological classification, classes of galaxy described by Edwin Hubble in his Hub ...
in the
constellation Aries
Aries is one of the constellations of the zodiac. It is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere between Pisces to the west and Taurus to the east. The name Aries is Latin for ram. Its traditional astrological symbol is (♈︎). It is on ...
. It is around 120 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around . NGC 770 is gravitationally linked to
NGC 772
NGC 772 (also known as ''Arp 78'' or the Fiddlehead Galaxy) is a large unbarred spiral galaxy approximately 106 million light-years away in the constellation Aries. It was discovered on 29 November 1785 by German-British astronomer William Hersc ...
. The galaxy was discovered on November 3, 1855 by R. J. Mitchell.
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Year 770 ( DCCLXX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 770 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe ...