NGC 779


Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

NGC 779 is a moderately bright spiral galaxy in Cetus, that is close to edge-on. Among the numerous faint background galaxies, the brightest is the 14.9 magnitude PGC 7585, located in the bottom left of the image.