A small interacting pair of galaxies in Leo Minor. They were listed as ARP270 in Halton Arp's atlas of peculiar galaxies. It now appears that galaxy interactions and mergers are common making ARP's atlas all the more historically important.
Details
2011-04-30 at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory near Victoria BC.
Telescope operator Dave Balam.
Conditions 7 deg C and clear with good seeing.
Equipment - 1.8m Plaskett telescope with CCD camera.
Filters and Exposures - R -5x60s, V -5x90s, B -5x120s.
Processing - Flats applied at Plaskett. Final processing with Images Plus and photoshop.