Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5560  ·  NGC 5566  ·  NGC 5569
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NGC 5566 / ARP 286, Jeff Culp
NGC 5566 / ARP 286
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NGC 5566 / ARP 286

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NGC 5566 / ARP 286, Jeff Culp
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NGC 5566 / ARP 286

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NGC 5566, a barred spiral galaxy is located about 66 mly from Earth, and is about 150,000 ly across.  It is believed to be interacting with NGC 5560 (at 11:00 position), and NGC 5569,  (8:00 position).  NGC5566 is a relatively bright galaxy at 10.55.

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NGC 5566 / ARP 286, Jeff Culp