NED classifies it simply as peculiar and notes it is a Narrow Emission Line Galaxy which would indicate a lot of star formation is going on, likely within...

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Beautiful image Rick. Probably one of the nicest autumn galaxies. It couldn't hold on to that status in spring though :-) Stefan "Rick Johnson" schrieb im...

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SDSSCGB 00089 is a pair of interacting galaxies about 1.15 billion light-years distant in the constellation of Equuleus. Equuleus is the smallest...