Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1961
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NGC1961 An unusual Spiral Galaxy, Dave Erickson
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NGC1961 An unusual Spiral Galaxy

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NGC1961 An unusual Spiral Galaxy, Dave Erickson
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NGC1961 An unusual Spiral Galaxy

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NGC 1961 Wow what a strange morphology...

NGC 1961's outer arms are highly irregular and is distorted, however no companion nor double nuclei has been detected! There is no evidance of a recent merger. . Two long straight arms extend from the north side of the galaxy.A luminous X-ray corona has been detected around the galaxy. Several members of its group are present in the image. As is some galactic, ie. milkyway IFN.

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