Colossal deformed southern spiral Galaxy NGC 6872 and companions (morrienz)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Pavo (Pav) · Contains: IC 4970 · IC 4972 · IC 4981 · NGC 6872 · NGC 6876 · NGC 6877 · NGC 6880

Colossal deformed southern spiral Galaxy NGC 6872 and companions, morrienz

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Colossal deformed southern spiral Galaxy NGC 6872 and companions

The colossal magnitude 10.69 spiral galaxy NGC 6872, bottom left, also known as the Condor galaxy, in the southern constellation of Pavo. NGC 6872 is the largest known spiral galaxy. It is interacting and being deformed by the 12 times smaller galaxy IC 4970 which sits just below it in this image. At upper right sits (left to right) the chain of galaxies, IC 4972, the large elliptical galaxy NGC 6876, NGC 6877, NGC 6880, and IC 4981.

NGC 6872 is approx 212 million light years from us and has a diameter of over 600,000 light years, the largest known for any spiral galaxy, about 6 times wider than our Milky Way galaxy. Simulations suggest that it and the much smaller IC 4970 have been close to each other and interacting for well over 100 million years, resulting in the major deformation of the disk of NGC 6872.

Captured from our rural sky in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty with a C11 Edge HD SCT with x0.7 reducer at f/7 and 1960 mm focal length, on a 10Micron GM1000 HPS mount. 135 unguided 3 minute exposures, Optolong L-Pro filter, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera at -15deg C, gain 100, and cropped. Captured with a ZWO Asiair Plus capture and mount control device.

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