Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pisces (Psc)  ·  Contains:  NGC 467  ·  NGC 470  ·  NGC 474  ·  The star 89Psc
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Arp 227 - interacting galaxies in Pisces, Michael von Berner-Purgstall
Arp 227 - interacting galaxies in Pisces
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Arp 227 - interacting galaxies in Pisces

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Arp 227 - interacting galaxies in Pisces, Michael von Berner-Purgstall
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Arp 227 - interacting galaxies in Pisces

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Arp 227 are two galaxies in the constellation Pisces and almost 100 million lightyears away. Weak but visible is the huge shell around NGC 474 (see cropped image) after a collision or absorbing a smaller galaxy that should have taken place 2 billion years ago.
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Description: "quality" crop of the interacting galaxies.
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Arp 227 - interacting galaxies in Pisces, Michael von Berner-Purgstall