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Object name: ARP122Designation(s): ARP122, ARP 122 falls in his category for elliptical and elliptical-like galaxies close to and perturbing spirals. The spiral, in this case, is NGC 6040 and the elliptical NGC 6040B. Oddly Arp's paper incorrectly calls Arp 122 NGC 6039. Everyone classifies NGC 6040 as SAB(s)c. Arp's comment on this one only reads: "E galaxy warping spiral." Certainly, it is warped. Quite likely, in this case, they are interacting but it could be it was warped by something else as this is a dense cluster with many interactions over its lifetime. It was discovered by Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870. Related Designation(s):2XMM J160426.6+174442, ARP 122, ARP122, CGCG 108-096, CGCG 1602.1+1753, IRAS 16021+1753, IRAS F16022+1753, NGC 6040, UGC 10165, VV 212, WBL 607-001, |