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Astrobin Debut Object is a near edge-on lenticular galaxy located 220 million light years away in the southern constellation of Pisces Austrinus at a declination of -26 degrees. It spans 2 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a Milky Way size diameter of 120,000 light years.
We have a perfect view perspective of this lovely dark dust lane pattern. Most dust lanes basically ride the centerline, but this one is shaped like a shallow V. Plus, the main dust lane seems to be superimposed over a second, more traditional centerline dark lane. This galaxy has been disturbed by something. Perhaps it is the recent of a past merger.
The five faint white objects in a row along the plane of the disk, extending in a line up and to the right of the galaxy starting just below the core, look a bit suspicious to me. Perhaps they are clusters associated with this galaxy. Or, as is normally the case, perhaps they are simply distant galaxies in a chance alignment.
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