[9] The galaxies are undergoing tumultuous mixture of star formation and tidal distortions which are caused by the interaction.

[10] In the center, a thick cloud of dust is seen obscuring, which light from a background galaxy is piercing its outer extremities.

[10] Also, they display a thermally-dominated X-ray emission which is much more in excess of expectations based on its own star formation rate.

[11] IC 2431 falls under the category of Markarian Galaxies as Mrk 1224,[3] in which its core shines bright in ultraviolet rays.

It is possible that carbon monoxide might be present in the regions of the interacting galaxies, which can be determined by the fraction of interstellar gas and total mass in form of molecules.