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Hubble's newest camera takes a deep look at two merging galaxies

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Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the newest camera on NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, has captured a spectacular pair of galaxies engaged in a celestial dance of cat and mouse or, in this case, mouse and mouse.The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the newest camera on NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, has captured a spectacular pair of galaxies engaged in a celestial dance of cat and mouse or, in this case, mouse and mouse.

Located 300 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices, the colliding galaxies have been nicknamed "The Mice" because of the long tails of stars and gas emanating from each galaxy. Otherwise known as NGC 4676, the pair will eventually merge into a single giant galaxy.

Credit: NASA, Holland Ford (JHU), the ACS Science Team and ESA

 

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Id:heic0206b
Object:NGC 4676, Mice Galaxies
Type:Galaxy
Instru-ment:ACS
Width:3857
Height:2893

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