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A galactic mega-merger

Posted on Friday, January 15, 2016
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
A galactic mega-merger
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

Uploader comment: The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is known as NGC 3597. It is the product of a collision between two good-sized galaxies, and is slowly evolving to become a giant elliptical galaxy.


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