Apr 27
The Antennae Galaxies: NGC 4038 (top) and NGC 4039 (bottom) // Gary
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The Antennae Galaxies: NGC 4038 (top) and NGC 4039 (bottom) // Gary
The Antennae Galaxies: NGC 4039 (left) and NGC 4038 (right) // Satish Ponnala
The Antennae Galaxies: NGC 4038 (top) and NGC 4039 (bottom) // pierre31120
The Antennae Galaxies: NGC 4038 (left) and NGC 4039 (right) // George Hoffman
The Antennae Galaxies: NGC 4038 (top) and NGC 4039 (bottom) // Graham Roberts
The Antennae Galaxies: NGC 4038 (top) and NGC 4039 (bottom) // Nathanael Martin
The Antennae Galaxies: NGC 4038 (top) and NGC 4039 (bottom) // Almos Balasi & Dark Matters Astrophotography
The Antennae Galaxies, C60 (left) and C61 (right) // John Hayes
Looking into the heart of the Antennae Galaxies reveals blossoming clouds of pink and red gas amongst cradles of blue where new stars have just formed. Dark streaks of dust, pulled from the individual galaxies, sweep through and obscure vast parts of the scene.
The Antennae were discovered by William Herschel (1738-1822) in 1785 and are best seen in the springtime in the northern hemisphere.