Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4356  ·  NGC 5394  ·  NGC 5395
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NGC-5395 and 94 - A Classic Arp, Steve Solon and Terry Chatterton
NGC-5395 and 94 - A Classic Arp
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NGC-5395 and 94 - A Classic Arp

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NGC-5395 and 94 - A Classic Arp

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Astronomer Halton Arp made it his business, among other studies, to compile a catalogue of distorted, interacting galaxies, and these two, collectively known as Arp 84, are fine examples of both. Galaxies are not nice; they consume each other, they destroy each other - yep, space is a violent realm. Both of these are spirals - 5395 being the larger at ~140,000 light years in diameter. This galactic tug-of-war lies roughly 176 million light years away.

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NGC-5395 and 94 - A Classic Arp, Steve Solon and Terry Chatterton