This
Astrobin Debut Object is a spiral galaxy located almost a half billion light years away in the constellation of Aquarius at a declination of -15 degrees. The galaxy disk spans 35 arc-seconds in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 75,000 light years.
In his
Arp catalog, Dr. Arp classified this object into the odd category of Elliptical and Elliptical-like Galaxies Repelling Spiral Arms.
The disk is severely disturbed, with a large star stream plume that extends one of the arms to wrap another revolution. Part of this plume is a blue star cloud, on the left side of the outer disk.
The disturbance source appears be a small companion (LEDA 9138720) just to the right, which looks to me to be a lenticular or spiral galaxy. There is no distance data available for this companion, so it could be a companion or just a distant galaxy. My gut feeling is that it is a companion, since the companion's color and brightness is consistent with that of Arp ```110. I am puzzled, though, about the absence of a star stream bridge between them.
The spiral galaxy below and to the right (LEDA 69950) is the same distance away as Arp 110. I don't think it is causing the disturbance of Arp 110 since this galaxy itself is not disturbed.
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