This pair of magnitude 13 spiral galaxies is located in the constellation of Pegasus at a declination of +23 degrees.
Although the disks of these 2 galaxies are very different, their actual sizes are identical. Both are a large 140,000 light years in diameter. They are located too far apart to be interacting.
NGC 7489 is at upper left, located 230 million light years away. It spans 2 arc-minutes in our apparent view. The disk, which is somewhat disturbed, is about 30 degrees from edge-on in our view. Numerous small Milky stars are superimposed over the galaxy.
IC 5285 is at lower right, located 280 million light years away. This is a fascinating
double ring galaxy. Our view of this disk is about halfway between face-on and edge-on. It is interesting to me that the circumferential ring is not oval like the inner one.
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