Astronomy Picture of the Day: Linking Spiral Arms

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Linking Spiral Arms

apod.nasa.gov — Linking spiral arms, two large colliding galaxies are featured in this Hubble Space Telescope view, part of a series of cosmic snapshots released to celebrate the Hubble's 18th anniversary. Recorded in astronomer Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 272, the pair is otherwise known as NGC 6050 and IC 1179.More... (Space)

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