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Interacting galaxies NGC 678 and NGC 680

author: A.Block/MLSC/Univ.of Az/Novapix

reference: a-gax06-78001

Image Size 300 DPI: 9 * 13 cm

NGC 678 is more than 120 million light years away. Note that the gravitational influence of NGC 678 has distorted its nearby elliptical neighbor- NGC 680.

Keywords for this photo:

2010 - ARIES - ASTRONOMY - ELLIPTICAL GALAXY - GALAXY - INTERACTING - NGC 678 - NGC 680 - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR -