ARP 248 sometimes referred to as Wild’s triplet is a group of 3 interacting galaxies 270 million light years away (NED data base estimate) in Virgo. There is a spectacular tidal tailstar that can be seen connecting all three galaxies. (PGC36742, PGC36733 and PGC36723)
The small galaxy in-between 36733 and 36723 is PGC1065954 which is not part of the group. No red shift data base calculations are available to establish the distance of PGC1065954.
Imaged in LRGB on our Planewave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image Processing: Mike Selby and Mark Hanson
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