ARP 299, Steven Marx

ARP 299

ARP 299, Steven Marx

ARP 299

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ARP 299 - Raw fits data obtained from Hubble Legacy Archive.

ARP 299 also known as IC 694 and NGC 3690 is a pair of colliding galaxies approximately 134 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Both of the galaxies involved in the collision are barred irregular galaxies.

It is not completely clear which object is historically called IC 694. According to some sources, the small elliptical galaxy to the east more than a galaxy in the main pair is actually IC 694. The interaction of the two galaxies in Arp 299 produced young powerful starburst regions.

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ARP 299, Steven Marx