Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Galaxies Embraced in Cosmic Waltz


September 3, 2009 - LiveScience.com
This view reveals spectacular details of the interacting galaxy pair, NGC 1532 and NGC 1531, embraced in a fiery waltz. NGC 1532 and NGC 1531 were imaged using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) at Gemini South in Chile on Dec. 5, 2004.
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