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| Description: Interacting and Colliding Galaxies (a) Pairs of colliding galaxies often exhibit long “antennae” of stars ejected by the collision. This particular system is known as NGC 4676 or “the Mice” (because of its tails of stars and gas). It is 300 million ly from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices. The collision has stimulated a firestorm of new star formation, as can be seen in the bright blue regions. Mass can also be seen flowing between the two galaxies, which will eventually merge. Picture Stats: Views: 556 Filesize: 189.4kB Height: 808 Width: 1350 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=18735 |