NGC 3079 (center) is interacting with NGC 3073 (right and down). They are a bit under 60 million light years. Nearby, very blue, CGCG 265-055 is about 64 million light years away. The interaction has warped NGC 3079's disk. To me it looks like a thin rubber disk the center of which is bouncing back and forth and currently is bouncing to the left. Massive star formation is going on in the outer blue region.
14" LX200R, L=4x10' binned 2x2, RGB=2x10' binned 3x3, STL-11000XM, Paramount ME
A less compressed version is at:
http://www.spacebanter.com/attachmen...7&d=1210185659
There are 8 quasars within 15 minutes of the galaxy. The second image shows the most distant of the quasars at about 8 billion light years light travel time.
Rick