Wide-field View of Overlapping Galaxies NGC 3314 (ground-based view)

Wide-field View of Overlapping Galaxies NGC 3314 (ground-based view)

This image shows a wide field of view around the overlapping galaxy pair NGC 3314. While the two galaxies look as if they are in the midst of a collision, this is in fact a trick of perspective: the two are in chance alignment from our vantage point.

Distance: 150 million light years

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), Digitized Sky Survey 2 

Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin

Release Date: June 14, 2012

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