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Members of this Category are very common in the Catalogue but we give
only a small number of examples. Objects fall into the Category if the
two galaxies are either relatively close for their size, with no sign
of interaction, or if the galaxies are disturbed but so widely
separated that it is not obvious that they are mutually responsible
for the perturbation. Undoubtedly some of the latter are in fact
interacting, but it would take more detailed statistical and
morphological studies to determine that fraction.
On page 23.3 the object AM 2011-705 has been shown earlier under
Category 1: Galaxies with Interacting Companions.
It is seen here that
it is a member of a wide double, the other member of which is probably
also an interacting double. On page 24.5 one of the components of AM
0548-330 has a very faint ring around it, while on page 24.6 one of
the components of AM 2013-470 has a very bright ring around it. The
last object, AM 1210-341, could also be classified as a galaxy with an
apparent companion but it is not clear to which spiral the companion
belongs.
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