Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6339
The 6639, Dennys_T
The 6639
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The 6639

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The 6639

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I love imaging galaxies of strange shape and this SBcd type is no exception as it seems to have dual arm structure to it and its left companion is only 7 arc sec thin.
But to an attentive eye, what is the most striking in this shot is the faint galaxy at the bottom left of the frame, which seems to be of type Polar.
Simbad references it to 2MASX J17174415+4041521 of 16th magnitude and of size 40 arc sec approximately but I could not find any other information on it.

Update: the mystery galaxy is PGC 60020, magnitude 15.6, distance of 406 MLY.

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The 6639, Dennys_T

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