NGC 6438 and 6438A
Sketch by Eiji Kato
The complex multiple galaxy, NGC 6438 lies in the southern constellation Octans. According to analysis by C. J. Donzelli and M. Espindola in NGC 6438: A Triple System?, this may be an interacting triplet (an S0 galaxy and two disc galaxies in a merger) rather than a double system.
Mr. Kato,
It is nice to see sketches of objects that are not in my sky. This is a wonderful drawing of interacting galaxies.
Frank