Interesting object well defined 'umbrella' structure

https://www.legacysurvey.org//viewer/?ra=237.4139&dec=-24.5904&layer=ls-dr10&zoom=14&ngc

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Very cool. Not a gravitational lens though, but a tidal interaction with the neighboring elliptical galaxy towards the upper left corner. The galaxy does not have much data but I do know it is in the Arp-Madore catalogue listing this as a peculiar galaxy.

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oh, I know it’s not lensing ~ mistakingly chose the wrong category :roll_eyes: mistake rectified