Arp 94

Ср, Октябрь 09, 2013 - 8:30 / Категория: astronet

This
telescopic snapshot records a cosmic moment in
the tumultuous lives of large spiral galaxy NGC 3227 and smaller
elliptical NGC 3226.

Catching them in the middle of an ongoing
gravitational
dance, the sensitive imaging also follows faint tidal star streams
flung from the galaxies in their repeated close encounters.

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