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Astrobin Debut Object is a spiral galaxy located 210 million light years away in the constellation of Perseus at a declination of +38 degrees. It spans 1.5 arc-minutes in our apparent view. This corresponds to a diameter of 90,000 light years. Our view of the disk is about halfway between face-on and edge-on.
The disk structure is interesting, looking like a disturbed barred grand design spiral structure. Most unusual is the detached upper arm, which seemingly starts from nowhere. A white Milky Way star appears to be superimposed over the central region, near the yellow core, giving the appearance of 2 galaxy cores.
The galaxy to the right, LEDA 11715, is also 210 million light years away and also appears disturbed, so it is likely that they are interacting with each other. In my image they are 350,000 light years apart, which is certainly close enough to be interacting, but they are likely spaced a bit further apart due to the out-of-plane separation.
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