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The area around NGC 3314 (ground-based view)

The area around NGC 3314 (ground-based view)


Date: 14 June 2012
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: NGC 3314
Copyright: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin)

This image shows a wide field of view around the overlapping galaxy pair 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
29-Mar-2024 14:04 UT

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