#arp256

[linkstars]

This is Arp 256, two galaxies that got too close to each other and now they are in the process of merging. As a result their shape is strongly distorted and those pretty blue clumps of new stars appear. Location:  constellation of Cetus

Image credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA

[gingadan]

Arp 256 (Interacting Galaxy)  (C) NASA

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