Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Corvus (Crv)  ·  Contains:  Antennae  ·  Antennae Galaxies  ·  HD104456  ·  HD104457  ·  NGC 4027  ·  NGC 4038  ·  NGC 4039
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Galactic mayhem - the Antenna Galaxies and NGC 4027, Frank Alvaro
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Galactic mayhem - the Antenna Galaxies and NGC 4027

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Galactic mayhem - the Antenna Galaxies and NGC 4027, Frank Alvaro
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Galactic mayhem - the Antenna Galaxies and NGC 4027

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The Antenna Galaxies - NGC 4038 (formerly a barred spiral) and NGC 4039 (formerly a spiral) - are a pair of interacting galaxies undergoing a collision. In the same frame of this wide field view is NGC 4027, a peculiar  barred spiral galaxy which is also thought to be the victim of a galactic collision.

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