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Galaxy Pair Arp 116: Wide-field View | Hubble

Galaxy Pair Arp 116: Wide-field View | Hubble


This image from a ground-based telescope shows the galaxy pair Arp 116 (made up of the elliptical galaxy M60 and the spiral galaxy NGC 4647) and its surroundings.

Distance: 50 million light years


Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, Digitized Sky Survey 2 

Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: September 6, 2012


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