NGC 6872 (also known as the Condor Galaxy) and IC 4970 are two interacting galaxies located over 212 million light-years away in the constellation Pavo (WIKI)

The pair seen here just upper right to the large elliptical galaxy NGC 6876.

Astronomers have long realized that this spiral is very big,
appearing 6 arcminutes across in the southern constellation Pavo despite being some 212 million light-years away.
But a team of observers has found that NGC 6872 has extended arms that make it even larger than imagined — five times the size of the Milky Way (Sky & Telescope)

Full article here:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/186607401.html


Imaged with the 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.
Apogee Alta U-16M camera.
L-RGB image

Lum - 60 min
RGB 8 minutes each Bin 2x2

(Total of 84 minutes )

Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia July 2013.