UGC 4653

UGC 4653 known as Arp 195, is a trio of interacting galaxies located 763 million light-years away from the solar system in the Lynx constellation. The galaxies are being distorted through gravitational interactions with each other.

This image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxies make up the 195th object in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies which was created by Halton Arp. They fall into the category of galaxies with material ejected from nuclei.

UGC 4653 has active nuclear regions which produce infrared (IR) emissions. These appear to be more like AGNs than HII regions.

Supernova
Type Ia supernova, SN 2008bv was discovered in UGC 4653 with a magnitude of 18.3. It was located 1".7 east and 3".9 south of the nucleus.