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NGC 4694
Virgo
Penryn, California
April 2009
FS-128 (ag, ST-4)
ST-2000XM LRGB 10 minute subs

NGC 4694 is a type SBO that apparently had a close encounter.  The close encounter spawned a tidal dwarf galaxy of very low surface brightness.  "VCC 2062 appears to be the optical, low surface brightness counterpart of a kinematically detached, rotating condensation that formed within an HI tail apparently physically linked to the disturbed galaxy NGC 4694."  (Duc et.al, 2007) 

NGC 4694 is at  66 Mly