APOD from 2025-03-12

NGC 772: The Fiddlehead #Galaxy

The Fiddlehead galaxy's twisted shape is due to gravitational interaction with nearby NGC 770. Spanning 200,000 light-years and located 100 million light-years away in Aries, it coincidentally aligns with #Comet 43P/Wolf-Harrington in this image, despite the comet being much closer within our Solar System.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250312.html#space #astronomy