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NGC 2655 - Arp 255
Camelopardalis
Penryn, California
January 2008/2009
FS-128 (ag, ST-4)
ST-2000XM  LRGB 10 minute subs 

NGC 2655 is a nuclear ring galaxy classified SBO-a and has likely experienced a recent minor merger (Sharpe, et.al., 2008).  Surface brightness is 12.0 magnitude, distance is 64 Mly.