Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3539  ·  NGC 3550  ·  NGC 3552  ·  NGC 3553  ·  NGC 3554  ·  NGC 3558  ·  NGC 3561  ·  PGC 1832934  ·  PGC 1833551  ·  PGC 1834590  ·  PGC 1836835  ·  PGC 1836919  ·  PGC 1837035  ·  PGC 1837359  ·  PGC 1837891  ·  PGC 1837971  ·  PGC 1838350  ·  PGC 1838667  ·  PGC 1839577  ·  PGC 1839660  ·  PGC 1839666  ·  PGC 1840109  ·  PGC 1840265  ·  PGC 1840420  ·  PGC 1840471  ·  PGC 1840677  ·  PGC 1840717  ·  PGC 1840966  ·  PGC 1841722  ·  PGC 1842256  ·  And 70 more.
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Abell 1185 (with guitar galaxy NGC 3651), Torben van Hees
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Abell 1185 (with guitar galaxy NGC 3651)

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Abell 1185 (with guitar galaxy NGC 3651), Torben van Hees
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Abell 1185 (with guitar galaxy NGC 3651)

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This galaxy cluster is at a distance of about 400 Million light years. It's open of the denser ones with a lot of galaxies. To the right of the center is the interesting "Guitar galaxy", which consists of two interacting galaxies NGC 3651A and B with a huge tidal star tail.

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