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Back The area around merging galaxy duo Arp 142 (ground-based image)

The area around merging galaxy duo Arp 142 (ground-based image)


Date: 20 June 2013
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: Arp 142, NGC 2936, NGC 2937
Copyright: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the area around a pair of merging galaxies known as Arp 142 in the constellation of Hydra. This pair is made up of once-spiral galaxy NGC 2936, and elliptical galaxy NGC 2937.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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