Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5774  ·  NGC 5775
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The Ufo Galaxy (NGC 5775, left) is a spiral galaxy with a high star formation rate that is in the early stages of a galactic merger with its galactic neighbor NGC 5774 (right) , both about 85 million light-years away in the Virgo Cluster.

Astronomers have observed bridges of hydrogen gas connecting this edge-on galaxy with the neighbouring face-on spiral (NGC 5774). But neither galaxy yet features a tidal tail — a disrupted stream of gas and stars that extends into space — which are commonplace in strongly interacting pairs.

(Credit Annesastronomynews.com)

My image taken on a quite reasonable night but at a fairly low elevation from my site. I've been after this one for a while and not likely to get a better opportunity from now.

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