This image captures a trio of interesting
Astrobin Debut Objects located in the constellation of Virgo at a declination of +9 degrees.
At lower right are two spiral galaxies which are both at a distance of about 0.5 billion light years away. The star stream plumes from this pair are fascinating, indicating that the galaxy pair are likely interacting and beginning a merger tango. Both galaxy plumes are much larger than the galaxies themselves. I especially like the curving plumes of the smaller galaxy.
The larger galaxy, NGC 5100, spans 30 arc-seconds in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 80,000 light years. Its smaller companion is LEDA 46603.
At upper left is a bluish galaxy, LEDA 1359140. This galaxy is further away, at 0.7 billion light years. It spans 20 arc-seconds in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 60,000 light years. This object looks like a
collisional ring galaxy to me but it is hard to tell for sure.
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