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Antennae Galaxies in Near-Infrared Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020411.html #galaxycolision #antennaeglaxies #gc4038 #gc4039 #asronomy#space cosmos #starfomation #ifrare #wirc #palomarobsevatory #haletelescope

A false-color image of the Antennae Galaxies, taken in near-infrared light by the Wide-field InfraRed Camera (WIRC) on the Palomar Observatory's 200-inch Hale telescope. The image shows the two galaxies in the process of colliding, with their nuclei clearly visible and surrounded by newly formed star clusters. The northern nucleus is obscured in optical images, but is revealed here to have a barred, mini-spiral structure.
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What happens when galaxies collide? One of the best studied examples of the jumble of star clusters, gas, and dust clouds produced by such a cosmic train wreck is the interacting galaxy pair NGC 4038 / NGC 4039, the Antennae Galaxies, only sixty million light-years away. In visible light images,

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