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Starfield in the Antennae

by

Nasa/Esa/Eso/Novapix

Reference

a-eto10-00003

Date

2008-07-09

NGC 4038 and 4039 are the well-known pair of interacting galaxies that show two broadly curved tails of stars, the 'antennae', extending a considerable distance from the action. Massive star formations are resulting of a recent collision between two galaxies (100 million years ago). This galaxy is located 45 million light year from us. Here is an image taken by the Hubble space telescope showing young blue stars and several galaxies in background.