Image Description and Details :

NGC 7582, 7590 and 7599 are an interacting group of galaxies situated 70 million light years away in the constellation of Grus.
Studies in indicate the existence of faint H I bridges between the galaxies.
NGC 7582 at the top right is the brightest galaxy of this trio. It is of interest as it exhibits the characteristics of both a starburst and a Seyfert II spiral galaxy. The starburst activity is quite intense but is localized to several regions.
In 1996 a study indicated that NGC 7582 appears to have two rather than a single nuclei indicating a merger with another galaxy sometime in the distant past.

Imaged in LRGB on our CDK 1000 at El Sauce, Obstech, Chile
Image Processing: Mike Selby
System Control Software : Voyager by Leo Orazi
Integration Time: L 16 hours 900s exp RGB 4 hours each 900s

Copyright: Mike Selby