NGC 7727

NGC 7727
NGC 7727

NGC 7727 is a peculiar galaxy also listed as ARP 222, t is a face on spiral galaxy in Aquarius located around 90 million light years away.
The galaxy contains two nuclei indicating a merger long in the past and has a pair of massive black holes that are only 1600 light years apart.
Imaged in LRGB on our CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile
Image Processing: Mike Selby

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