This is a group of small Galaxies. When I made a widefield picture of this area in late summer, I saw this 3 galaxies first. They are not interacting. Every Galaxy is in a different distance.
I decided to give it a try with the C11. I expected a bit better resolution, but seeing was not that good. On the other hand they are very small. Many other extremly small Galaxies can be seen there as well.
PGC 6961 above in the center 0,6 x 0,5 arcmin, 14m6 and 180 mio Lj distance
PGC 6948 down right 2.2 x 1,0 arcmin, 13m8 and 143 mio Lj distance
PGC 6977 doen left 1,3 x 0,9 arcmin, 14m1 and 283 mio Lj distance
All three are almost face on, that was the reason to give it a try.
The widefield with Abell 262 can be found there:
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