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Is it a Messier object?

That question has already been asked and the answer is no.

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Is it in Arp's catalog of peculiar galaxies?

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Is it in the Northern celestial hemisphere?

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Is it in the NGC?

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Does it have a CPG designation?


Recap....

1. Is it in the Milky Way Galaxy? No.
2. Is it bigger than a proplyd? Yes.
3. Is it smaller than a dwarf galaxy? No.
4. Is it smaller than the Milky Way? No.
5. Is z < 0.5? Yes.
6. Is it a quasar? No.
7. Is it a Messier object? No.
8. Is it a spiral galaxy? Yes, in part.
9. Is it a bright radio source? No, not as far as I can determine.
10. Is your galaxy gravitationally intertwined with another galaxy such that it is visually obvious your galaxy is asymmetrically altered (i.e. dancing )? Your question touches on the situation so I'll say yes.
11. Is it in Arp's catalog of peculiar galaxies? To the best of my knowledge it is not.
12. Is it in the Northern celestial hemisphere? No.
13. Is it in the NGC? No.

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Is it in the Local Group?

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Is the object in question a galaxy cluster?

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Oooh, good question, Arneb.

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Wait till you see the answer, George....

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You're right, that wasn't such a good question? Why'd you ask that??

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Questions 8 & 10 are the ones most interesting; it's sort of a spiral and kinda interacting with another galaxy, but it's not in the Arp catalog.

Perhaps it is not in a designated cluster, but is part of a 2 or more galaxy group that show partial bridges (not a question yet). I just don't know what constitutes cluster designation.

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Is the object in question bigger than a galaxy cluster?

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