Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4567  ·  NGC 4568  ·  Siamese Twins
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NGC 4567 and 4568, KuriousGeorge
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NGC 4567 and 4568

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NGC 4567 and 4568

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These galaxies (NGC4567 and NGC4568) are 60 million light years away. They're in the process of colliding and merging with each other, as studies of their distributions of neutral and molecular hydrogen show, with the highest star formation activity in the part where they overlap. However the system is still in an early phase of interaction.

They were named "Siamese Twins" because they appear to be connected.

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  • NGC 4567 and 4568, KuriousGeorge
    Original
  • NGC 4567 and 4568, KuriousGeorge
    B
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    NGC 4567 and 4568, KuriousGeorge
    C

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NGC 4567 and 4568, KuriousGeorge