Antennae galaxies

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The Antennae galaxies are two colliding galaxies, NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, some 68 million light-years away. They are also called the Ringtail Galaxy, or Caldwell 60.

External links

• Astronomy Picture of the Day, October 22, 1997: The Antennae Galaxies (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap971022.html)
• Galactic prang fingered in star formation mystery (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/30/colliding_galaxies/)(The Register)

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