Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Eridanus (Eri)  ·  Contains:  HD26785  ·  HD26799  ·  IC 2040  ·  IC 2041  ·  NGC 1531  ·  NGC 1532
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NGC 1532 head-butted by NGC 1531, Charles Pevsner
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NGC 1532 head-butted by NGC 1531

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NGC 1532 head-butted by NGC 1531, Charles Pevsner
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NGC 1532 head-butted by NGC 1531

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He’s a fighter, but little NGC 1531 isn’t going to win this battle with behemoth NGC 1532, however much it gets bent out of shape in this ill-matched pas de deux.  IC 2040 (distant 7:30), IC 2014 (6:00), and what I believe is ESO 359-24 (5:00) are hanging back waiting, like carrion crows, to see what happens.

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NGC 1532 head-butted by NGC 1531, Charles Pevsner