Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  HD109628  ·  IC 3578  ·  NGC 4564  ·  NGC 4567  ·  NGC 4568  ·  Siamese Twins
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NGC4567 - Siamese Twins Galaxies, AstroDarkSky
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NGC4567 - Siamese Twins Galaxies

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NGC4567 - Siamese Twins Galaxies

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You've probably seen the whirlpool (M51), but this is a different snapshot in time of two colliding and interacting galaxies. These galaxies are still 20,000 light years apart, but this same process will occur when the Milky Way collides with the Andromeda galaxy in 5 billion years.

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NGC4567 - Siamese Twins Galaxies, AstroDarkSky

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