NGC 7727 is located approximately 75 million light years from Earth in the constellation of Aquarius.
NGC 7727 (also known as ARP 222 which classes as a peculiar galaxy), it is the result of a collision and merger of two spiral galaxies around 1 billion years ago. The event created the spectacular tidal tails and dust trails that we see in this image.
There are two bright point objects seen in the center, which are galactic nuclei one of which is likely the core of one of the merged galaxies.
At the center are two massive black holes only 1600 light years apartwhich are moving closer to each other and will eventually merge.
NGC 7727 has very little in the way of new star formation and it is thought that it will transform into an Elliptical Galaxy in the distant future.
Imaged in LRGB on our CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile
Image Acquisition and Processing: Mike Selby