Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 3961  ·  NGC 4861
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Here is another Arp galaxy, this time Arp 266, ngc 4861, taken in 2012 and with less than an hours exposure.

Noisy but shows the main features ok. Classified by Halton Arp in the 'irregular clumps' group. There are several knots visible but no obvious nucleus. There is a very bright knot at the Southern end of the galaxy.

Also, despite the short exposure there is a 19th mag. quasar which I indicate on the image and 1 or 2 very tiny, distant galaxies.

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