Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5296  ·  NGC 5297
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Galactic interactions: NGC 5296 & NGC 5297, Göran Nilsson
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Galactic interactions: NGC 5296 & NGC 5297

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Galactic interactions: NGC 5296 & NGC 5297, Göran Nilsson
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Galactic interactions: NGC 5296 & NGC 5297

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The larger barred galaxy NGC 5297, with a diameter of 150 000 ly, is clearly interacting with NGC 5296, a smaller lenticular galaxy. At least one of the arms appears distorted from the interaction and there is also a faint sream of stars between the galaxies. The galaxies are about 100 million ly away from us.

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Galactic interactions: NGC 5296 & NGC 5297, Göran Nilsson