Tags: Galaxy.
NGC 3077 is a smaller member of the M81 Group. It looks much like an elliptical galaxy. However it is peculiar for two reasons. First it shows wispy edges and scattered dust clouds that are probably a result of gravitational interaction with its larger neighbors similar to the galaxy M82. Second this galaxy has an active nucleus. This caused Carl Seyfert in 1943 to include it in his list of galaxies which are now called Seyfert Galaxies.
