2009年3月16日 · This video zooms on the constellation Libra (the Scales) to the new ESO image of the curious pair of galaxies Arp 261, as obtained with the FORS2 instrument on the Very Large Telescope. Further information can be found on eso0911 .

From Virginia Beach , Arp 261 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:34, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:03, 42° above your southern horizon.

This object is a pair of interacting galaxies located 85 million light years away in the constellation of Libra at a declination of -10 degrees. In his Arp catalog, Dr. Arp classified this object into the category of Galaxies with Irregular Clumps. This peculiar object is a worthy entry to Dr. Arp’s Peculiar Galaxy catalog.

2009年3月16日 · Arp 261 lies about 70 million light-years distant in the constellation Libra. Its chaotic and unusual structure is created by the interaction of two galaxies that are engaged in a slow motion,...

2009年3月29日 · 来源：欧洲南方天文台 ESOA Curious Pair of GalaxiesThe ESO Very Large Telescope has taken the best image ever of a strange and chaotic duo of interwoven galaxi ...

2021年9月5日 · Arp 261 is located about 100 million light-years away in the constellation Libra. Its completely unusual chaotic structure results from the gravitational interaction between two galaxies of size...

2009年3月23日 · Arp 261 lies about 70 million light-years distant in the constellation of Libra, the Scales. Its chaotic and very unusual structure is created by the interaction of two galaxies that are engaged...

2023年6月3日 · Arp 261 is an unusual pair of interacting galaxies, located around 70 million light years away in Libra. It consists of PGC 52940 and PGC 52935. Imaged in LRGB on our CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile

One of the oddballs listed there is Arp 261, which has now been imaged in more detail than ever before using the FORS2 instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The image proves to contain...

2009年3月18日 · Arp 261 lies about 70 million light-years distant in the constellation of Libra, the Scales. Its chaotic and very unusual structure is created by the interaction of two galaxies that are engaged in a slow motion, but highly disruptive close encounter.