| Designation(s) | Arp 270, NGC 3395, NGC 3396 |
| Object Type(s) | Galaxy |
| Relevant Catalog(s) | All (Chron), Arp, NGC |
| Arp Category | Galaxies with connected arms |
| Obs. Lat/Long | 42° 17', 073° 57' |
| Constellation | Leo Minor |
| Date and Time Observed | 2024-05-31 22:54:00 |
| Instrument | EdgeHD 8" f10-2,032mm FL |
| Camera | ASI294MC-Pro |
| Image Details | Up is 90.7 degrees E of N. Total integration time was 35m. Exposures 30s@305g, UV/IR Cut Filter. Darks subtracted, no flats. Dithered and recentered in SharpCap. No guiding. |
| Description | Two strongly interacting galaxies, both spiral originally and now significantly distorted by the interaction. There is a tiny and very faint galaxy, IC 2605 which appears to extend the right arm of NGC 3395, the upper galaxy in our image. It's not at all obvious, but showed up in the Astrometry annotation. It has a higher redshift than the two larger galaxies, and is apparently far in the background. Arp famously argued that galaxies with different red shifts could interact, but this apparently not one of those examples. |
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