This image captures 2 Astrobin Debut Objects located 155 million light years away in the constellation of Leo at a declination of +10 degrees.
Arp 137, also known as NGC 2914, is the barred grand design spiral galaxy at lower left. This galaxy was classified by Dr. Arp into the category of Material Emanating from Elliptical Galaxies. Dr. Arp believed this galaxy was an elliptical galaxy based on his image, but it is clearly a barred spiral galaxy in my image.
This magnitude 13.2 galaxy spans 1 arc-minute in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 45,000 light years. The interesting structure of this galaxy resembles a ring as its 2 strong arms extend around the outer disk. Numerous small galaxies appear to the left but I could find no distance information for them.
Notice the large movement of the bright orange star in the mouseover, from above the adjacent star in the Arp image to just below it in my image. Space is a dynamic place but that is hard to appreciate when our views are typically just a snapshot in time.
Arp 232, also known as NGC 2911, is the large lenticular galaxy at upper right. My Astrobin image post which focuses on Arp 232, including an Arp comparison image for it, is
here. I love the fascinating dust cloud structure seen in the lower right half of the galaxy disk.
The galaxy at the bottom of the image is the interesting grand design spiral UGC 5093, just a few million light years further away than the other galaxies.
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