Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lynx (Lyn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2444  ·  NGC 2445
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Head-on collision between two galaxies, NGC 2445 and NGC 2444, about 190 million light years away (redshift 0.01326) 
NGC 2445 (right) is going through an intense star burst due to the interaction.
As a side note, the sloan i' filter goes into the near infrared, making cold stars visible (deep red).

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Title: ARP 143

Description: Final version with more data and a little better processing.
Head-on collision between two galaxies, NGC 2445 and NGC 2444, about 120 million light years away.
Data gathered using Astrodon gen2 Sloan Photometric Fitlers.

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ARP 143, AdrianC.