NGC 7285 and NGC 7284 (right and left respectively) are in the process of merging. They are located 196 million light years away in Aquarius and at an apparent field of view size of only 2×1’ each are a challenge to image.
NGC 7284 is variously listed as a barred spiral or a Lenticular Galaxy while 7285 is classed as a spiral galaxy. There is a massive tidal stream extending at the bottom of the pair around 200,000 light years resulting from the interaction; and a diffuse faint tidal stream at the top.
The pair are listed in the ARP catalog of peculiar galaxies as ARP 93.
Imaged in LRGB on our Planewave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image Processing and Acquisition: Mike Selby