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Astrobin Debut Object is a pair of interacting magnitude 14 spiral galaxies located 165 million light years away in the constellation of Lynx at a declination of +36 degrees. The top galaxy is NGC 2719 and the bottom galaxy is NGC 2719A. This object was classified by Dr. Arp into the always entertaining category of Galaxies – Material Ejected from Nuclei.
The larger galaxy spans 1.3 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 70,000 light years. The smaller galaxy is about 30,000 light years wide.
As is often the case with these Arp objects, our perspective of this object presents a challenge for interpreting it. Numerous bright star-forming regions are seen in both galaxies, suggesting that interaction is ongoing here. The large galaxy appears to be an edge-on spiral. The disk is slightly warped with star streams extending from both ends. It appears to be connected to the lower galaxy by a faint star stream bridge. The lower galaxy structure is beautifully messy. I love the intense color of the 3 bright bluish-white star forming regions (4, if you count the tiny one at left).
I find the galaxy at lower left to be interesting, although I could find no information on it.
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