Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 1070  ·  NGC 5774  ·  NGC 5775
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UFO Galaxy (NGC 5775) and NGC 5774, KuriousGeorge
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UFO Galaxy (NGC 5775) and NGC 5774

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UFO Galaxy (NGC 5775) and NGC 5774, KuriousGeorge
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UFO Galaxy (NGC 5775) and NGC 5774

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NGC 5775 and 5774 are members of the Virgo Cluster and lie at a distance of about 85 million light-years.

There's disruption taking place in the disc of NGC 5775, as it is in the early stages of a galactic merger. Astronomers have observed bridges of hydrogen gas connecting this edge-on galaxy with its 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, such as the Antennae Galaxies.

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Description: New luminance capture (10 x 900s) and less noise processing. Longers subs didn't brighten faint areas, but gave more detail in brighter areas. Slightly elongated stars may be due to mount imbalance in RA.

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UFO Galaxy (NGC 5775) and NGC 5774, KuriousGeorge