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NGC 474/470 - Arp 227
Pisces
Penryn, California
August 2006
M 250 @ f9.3  (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB 15  minute subs

NGC 474 at lower center is classified SO-R and as a "shell" galaxy, distance is 91 Mly.
NGC 470 at upper center is classified SB-R.

NGC 474 - 470 are currently undergoing an interaction.  A tail of gas connects the spiral (NGC 470) with the gas poor lenticular galaxy (NGC 474).  HAlpha emissions indicate a secondary accretion in the core of NGC 474. 

Note the two shells at 1 o'clock and 6 o'clock associated with NGC 474, these shells may be due to the secondary accertion in NGC 470. (Rampazzo 2006)