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Cosmic Exclamation Point

Posted on Saturday, August 13, 2011
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
Cosmic Exclamation Point
Image credit: X-ray NASA/CXC/IfA/D.Sanders et al; Optical NASA/STScI/NRAO/A.Evans et al

Uploader comment: VV 340, also known as Arp 302, provides a textbook example of colliding galaxies seen in the early stages of their interaction. The edge-on galaxy near the top of the image is VV 340 North and the face-on galaxy at the bottom of the image is VV 340 South.


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