The distance to the Earth is 90 million sv. years. They are located in the constellation Virgo.
On the far side, two stars are visible, surrounded by diffraction rays, belonging to our Milky Way, their colors echo the shades of extragalactic objects, reminding that the stars of our Galaxy are no different from the stars in distant island universes.
The huge galaxy NGC 5566 – the dominant member of the trio – shows swirling spiral arms and bands of light-absorbing dust. A small bluish galaxy NGC 5569 is visible directly above it.
Near the center there is a third galaxy – NGC 5560, it is elongated and distorted by interaction with the massive NGC 5566.
The trio is included in the Atlas of Pecular Galaxies compiled in 1966 by Hulton Arp as Arp 286.