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The Antennar Galaxies
Two giant galaxies are colliding ca. 60 million lightears away in th constellation Corvus.
Their diameter spans 500 thousand lightyears

Reminder: ONE lightyear is nearly SIX trillion miles - that is a "6" with 12 zeros
(NASA AstroPic Archive), April 28, 2017)


Image adapted from:
NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" - Apr.. 28, 2017
AstroPic Description
Posted by Roberto Colombari

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