Combination of 5, 3 minute exposures. SBIG ST-9E CCD.
16" f/10 schmidt-cassegrain with f/6.3 focal reducer.
NGC 772 is a large and moderately bright spiral galaxy in Aries. In a 10" telecsope it appears as a bright centre surrounded by a faint, elliptical haze. Unfortunately it takes a large telescope to see the spiral arms.
There are a number of faint background galaxies visible in the image. The brightest is the 13th magnitude, elliptical galaxy NGC 770, situated just below NGC 772. This is easily visible in a 10" telescope and appears almost star-like.
