MOSFIRE Image of Colliding Atennae Galaxies (IMAGE)

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MOSFIRE Image of Colliding Atennae Galaxies

Caption

This image is one of the first infrared pictures from MOSFIRE on the Keck I Telescope showing two galaxies in collision: NGC4038 (upper) and NGC4039. Also known as the Antennae galaxies, these objects are about 45 million light years away, in the constellation of Corvus. The exposure was a brief 60 seconds under cloudy conditions.

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Image credit: Ian S. McLean/W.M. Keck Observatory

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