Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5560  ·  NGC 5566  ·  NGC 5569
Arp 286 - Virgo trio, Jan Scheers
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Arp 286 - Virgo trio

Arp 286 - Virgo trio, Jan Scheers
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Arp 286 - Virgo trio

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Arp 286 consists of three galaxies that are gravitationally interacting almost 65 million light-years away. The large spiral galaxy at the center is NGC 5566. To its left is the small, blue spiral galaxy NGC 5569. At the right there is the distorted spiral NGC 5560. It is presumably distorted by the gravity of NGC 5569.

Image was acquired with the Planewave CDK24 telescope and FLI PL09000 CCD-camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.

Total integration time: 320 minutes
LRGB 8 subs of 600s with each filter.
FOV 32' x 32' (0.68"/px)

Processing with AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI & Franzis Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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Arp 286 - Virgo trio, Jan Scheers