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Galaxy NGC 6670 in Pavo
author: Nasa/Esa/Hubble Heritage Team/Novapix
reference: a-gax66-70001
Image Size 300 DPI: 23 * 23 cm
NGC 6670 is a gorgeous pair of overlapping edge-on galaxies. Scientists believe that NGC 6670 has already experienced at least one close encounter and is now in the early stages of a second. The nuclei of the two galaxies are approximately 50,000 light-years apart. NGC 6670 glows in the infrared with more than a hundred billion times the luminosity of our Sun and is thought to be entering a starburst phase. The pair is located some 400 million light-years away from Earth.
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