Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 3578  ·  NGC 4567  ·  NGC 4568  ·  Siamese Twins
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NGC4567

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NGC4567

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NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 (nicknamed the Siamese Twins or the Butterfly Galaxies) are a set of spiral galaxies about 60 million light-years away in Virgo.They are in the process of colliding and merging with each other.

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NGC4567, skyyao