We report the XMM-Newton discovery of a X-ray bright AGN pair in the interacting galaxy system ESO509-IG066. Both galaxies host an X-ray luminous ( L-X similar to 10(43) erg s(-1)) obscured nucleus with column densities N-H similar or equal to 7 x 10(22) cm(-2) and N-H similar or equal to 5 x 10(21) cm(-2). The optical morphology is only mildly disturbed, suggesting a merging system in the early stage of its evolution. Still, the pair is probably gravitationally bound, and might eventually evolve into a compact, fully gas embedded systems such as NGC 6240 ( Komossa et al. 2003).
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机译：我们报告了相互作用的星系ESO509-IG066中X射线明亮的AGN对的XMM-牛顿发现。两个星系都拥有X射线发光（LX类似于10（43）erg s（-1）），原子核NH等于或等于7 x 10（22）cm（-2），NH等于或等于5 x 10（21）厘米（-2）。光学形态仅受到轻微干扰，表明在其演化的早期存在合并系统。仍然，这对可能是受重力束缚的，最终可能演变成紧凑的，完全气体嵌入的系统，例如NGC 6240（Komossa等人，2003年）。
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