Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Corvus (Crv)  ·  Contains:  Antennae  ·  Antennae Galaxies  ·  HD104456  ·  HD104496  ·  NGC 4038  ·  NGC 4039
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Antennae Galaxies, NGC4038 and NGC4039, Chris Plonski
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Antennae Galaxies, NGC4038 and NGC4039

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Antennae Galaxies, NGC4038 and NGC4039

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These two galaxies, NGC4038 and NGC4039 are best known as the Antennae Galaxies.  The collision has produced the two long tails of dust and gas that was ejected by the gravitational forces interacting.  The interaction has also produced millions of new stars, many of them forming star clusters. This is the fate awaiting our Milky Way galaxy when it collides with Andromeda galaxy a few billion years from now.  I think this looks more like a heart tied with a ribbon.

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