Arp 286 (NGC 5566, NGC 5569, & NGC 5560) (Kurt Zeppetello)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: HD125505 · NGC 5560 · NGC 5566 · NGC 5569 · PGC 51269

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Arp 286 (NGC 5566, NGC 5569, & NGC 5560)

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Arp 286 (NGC 5566, NGC 5569, & NGC 5560)

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Arp 286 is made up of three interacting galaxies, NGC 5560, NGC 5566, and NGC 5569 located approximately 80 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. NGC 5566 is a barred spiral galaxy and the largest of the trio at 150,000 light-years in diameter. It has a very distinct dust lane on the upper portion and to travel with one of the broad arms. This galaxy has a yellow tint while its closest and smallest neighbor, NGC 5569, has blue tint. NGC 5560 has a yellow core and blue outer portion.

I imaged this about a month ago while it was in a good location for me. I found this object while searching Stellarium and ironically I saw that Michael Feigenbaum had just posted a fabulous version of this object. I am happy with how my version turned out although there is not as much detail as I had seen on other versions. I only collected RGB data but wish I would have collected some Hydrogen. Also, this happens to correspond to when the Alberta smoke began to affect our skies so my next few images may be iffy.

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RA (center)	14h20m16s.270
RA (top/left)	14h21m02s.763
RA (top/right)	14h19m23s.102
RA (bottom/right)	14h19m29s.360
RA (bottom/left)	14h21m08s.924

Dec (center)	+03°57′16″.63
Dec (top/left)	+04°07′03″.52
Dec (top/right)	+04°04′49″.62
Dec (bottom/right)	+03°47′29″.67
Dec (bottom/left)	+03°49′43″.31

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