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The Bird (PGC 62946), Gary Imm
The Bird (PGC 62946), Gary Imm

The Bird (PGC 62946)

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This Astrobin Debut Object is a late stage galaxy merger located 700 million light years away in the constellation of Sagittarius at a declination of -21 degrees.  This object spans about 25 arc-seconds in our apparent view, which is about half of the current size of Jupiter.  It is about 90,000 light years in diameter.  The image FOV is 0.05 degrees. 

This object has always seemed to me to be 2 galaxies in a late stage merger.  But recent work has identified potentially a third galaxy in the mix, making this an unusual galaxy merger trio.

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