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Old March 26th 08, 09:08 AM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
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Default NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 in Corvus

The NGC Ten Minute Challenge

NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 in Corvus

The nearest and youngest example of a pair of colliding galaxies with
each galaxy’s gravitational field distorting its neighbour. The
collision began about 100 million years ago and is still in progress.

http://www.martin-nicholson.info/ten...gc/ngc4038.htm

Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm

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