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A cosmic crossing

A cosmic trail of gas and dust connects two dwarf galaxies, NGC 4490 and NGC 4485, which collided and drifted apart.

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© ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Adamo (Stockholm University), G. Bortolini, and the FEAST JWST team

Hickson Compact Group 87 (HCG 87), a small group of galaxies gravitationally interacting and causing bursts of star formation. The image shows a large edge-on spiral galaxy, an elliptical galaxy, and a spiral galaxy. Foreground stars from our own galaxy are also visible. Studying HCG 87 provides insights into galaxy formation and evolution.

Astronomy Picture from 09/08/2015

HCG 87: A Small Group of Galaxies

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150809.html


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