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Freewheeling Galaxies Collide in a Blaze of Star Birth

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A dusty spiral galaxy appears to be rotating on edge, like a pinwheel, as it slides through the larger, bright galaxy NGC 1275, in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image.

These images, taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), show traces of spiral structure accompanied by dramatic dust lanes and bright blue regions that mark areas of active star formation.

Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA)

 

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Press Release
Id:opo0314a
Object:Perseus A, NGC 1275, IRAS 03164+4119
Type:Galaxy, Quasar/AGN/Black Hole
Instru-ment:WFPC2
Width:1489
Height:2049

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