ARP 248

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.

Image Processing: Mike Selby and Mark Hanson
Imaged in LRGB on our PlaneWave CDK 1000 and CDK 700 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.

 Enjoy,

 Mark & Mike