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Kind of a squid shaped galaxy merger. Can't seem to make out the second galaxy interacting with it, assuming there were at least two galaxies here originally. They are far enough along that they are nearly one. There are probably two galactic nuclei in there somewhere.

 

Data from the following proposal is used to create this image:

Establishing HST's Low Redshift Archive of Interacting Systems

 

All channels: ACS/WFC F606W

 

North is 26.70° counter-clockwise from up.

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Uploaded on June 22, 2019