NGC 7582

NGC 7582
NGC 7582, 7590 and 7599 are an interacting group of galaxies situated 70 million light years away in the constellation of Grus. Studies indicate the existence of faint H I bridges between the galaxies.
NGC 7582 at the top right is the brightest galaxy of this trio. It is of interest as it exhibits the characteristics of both a starburst and a Seyfert II spiral galaxy.
The starburst activity is quite intense but is localized to several regions.
In 1996 a study indicated that NGC 7582 appears to have two rather than a single nuclei indicating a merger with another galaxy sometime in the distant past.

Imaged in LRGB on our CDK 1000 at El Sauce, Obstech, Chile
Integration Time: 26 hours
Image Processing: Mike Selby