This is an optical red image (I
band = 9000 Angstroms) of
the interacting galaxy pair
IRAS 03359+1523.
This object was discovered by
the
IRAS Satellite
and is at a distance of approximately
140 Megaparsecs.
The two galaxies are separated
by 4 arcseconds.
This image was obtained using the
82 inch telescope on
Kitt Peak,
Arizona, as part of my Ph.D.
Thesis
at the
University of
Massachusetts.