10-inch Newtonian, StarlightXpress MX716, 28 minutes
Arp 322
10-inch Newtonian, StarlightXpress MX716, 28
minutes
Arp 322 is the first member of the class Galaxy Chains. The large galaxy occupying most of the field is Arp 214 (NGC 3718). Arp 322 consists of the western four galaxies in the chain near the bottom of the field. The edge-on galaxy on the E end, oriented N-S, is not part of the Arp although it, with the other four, makes up Hickson Compact Group 56. The three galaxies in the middle are obviously interacting but neither my image nor the Atlas image show the W galaxy to be involved.
