Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Trio of Interacting Galaxies in Virgo

A trio of interacting galaxies in Virgo about 90 million light years away. This trio is also included in Halton's Atlas of Peculiar galaxies as entry ARP286. NGC5566 is the largest galaxy of the 3 at almost 150,000 light years across. NGC5560 has been stretched by the interaction with 5566.


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