One of the unusual galaxies catalogued by Halton Arp. It is a lovely face on spiral with several patches of red nebulosity indicating star forming regions. The following comment is from the Arp Catalogue - Companion spiral wound in same sense as parent.
Details
20" f/4.1 telescope at the SDG observatory of Garry Sedun in Arizona.
TV Paracorr coma corrector and SBIG ST2000 XM camera.
Guidescope WO 80mm f/6.8 APO.
Mount - Paramount ME
Exposures -
B- 5x2m + 3x4m = 22m
Clr- 8x2m + 5x4m = 36m
G- 5x2m + 3x4m = 22m
R- 5x2m + 3x4m = 22m
plus flats, bias and darks to match.
Processed in Images Plus and Photoshop