Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3550  ·  NGC 3552  ·  NGC 3553  ·  NGC 3554  ·  NGC 3558  ·  NGC 3561  ·  the Guitar
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Abell 1185, Nigel
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Abell 1185

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Abell 1185

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The Abell 1185 cluster contains more than 80 galaxies at a distance of about 400 million light-years. The blue structure is listed in Arp’s Catalog of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 105 and is thought to be the result of a collision between a spiral (NGC 3561A) and an elliptical (NGC 3561B) galaxy.

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