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Siamese Twins (NGC4567&NGC4568) and M58, Göran Nilsson
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Siamese Twins (NGC4567&NGC4568) and M58

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Siamese Twins (NGC4567&NGC4568) and M58, Göran Nilsson
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Siamese Twins (NGC4567&NGC4568) and M58

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Theses are part of the Virgo cluster of galaxies. The twin galaxies are in the process of colliding and merging with each other with the highest star-formation activity in the part where they overlap.

This is my last galaxy shot for a while, taken over two nights few days ago. Now the moon is up and the moon and galaxies do not go well together, as I confirmed with an over-optimistic try last night :-)

First night I got 15 x 10 min, and second night 45 x 5 min (the 10 min exposures blew out the core a bit of M58), gain 200 (offset 30, -15°C).

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Siamese Twins (NGC4567&NGC4568) and M58, Göran Nilsson