Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 3665  ·  IC 809  ·  M 59  ·  M 60  ·  NGC 4621  ·  NGC 4637  ·  NGC 4638  ·  NGC 4647  ·  NGC 4649
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ARP 116 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
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ARP 116 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
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Link to TIFF/FITS: http://www.deepskywest.com

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ARP 116 galaxy group. From Wiki...

Messier 60, also known as NGC 4649, is an elliptical galaxy approximately 55 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Virgo. It is part of a pair of galaxies known as Arp 116 with NGC 4647.

NGC 4647 appears approximately 2′.5 from Messier 60; the optical disks of the two galaxies overlap. Although this overlap suggests that the galaxies are interacting, photographic images of the two galaxies do not reveal any evidence for gravitational interactions between the two galaxies as would be suggested if the two galaxies were physically close to each other. This suggests that the galaxies are at different distances and are only weakly interacting if at all. However, recent studies by the Hubble Space Telescope show indications that tidal interactions may have just begun.[4] The pair together is collectively known as Arp 116 (APG 116).

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