I found this image of two merging galaxies in their image archive. NGC 520
http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1048a/
and then i ended up with the hubble catalog of interacting galaxies. I wonder if any of these are viable targets for amateur telescopes and if they're visible from our hemisphere.
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...mat/web_print/
catalog here
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...2008/16/image/
ESO's top 100
http://www.eso.org/public/images/archive/top100/