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NGC 1156
Aries
Penryn, California
november 2005
M 250  (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB  20  minute susbs

NGC 1156 is a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy (Ibm), distance is 6 Mly.  Studies indicate it may have interacted with another gas rich galaxy causing conter rotating areas of gas within the galaxy.