ARP 214 is one of the most beautiful of the peculiar galaxies catalogued by Halton Arp. In this full frame image it is the lagest galaxy. NGC 3729 is to its upper right and the Hickson 56 group is just below.
Details - 2010-05-10 at the Victoria Centre Observatory
C14 SCT with Hyperstar-QSI camera.
Exposure - 37 - 120s lights with darks, bias and flat frames used for calibration.
Processing in Images Plus and Photoshop.