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Hubble view of NGC 3314


Date: 14 June 2012
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: NGC 3314
Copyright: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama)

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an incredibly detailed image of a pair of overlapping galaxies called NGC 3314. While the two galaxies look as if they are in the midst of a collision, this is in fact a trick of perspective: the two are in chance alignment from our vantage point.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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