Angel Wing: Hubble Inspects a Vast Set of Galactic Wings - SciTechDaily

Two merging galaxies in the VV689 system — nicknamed the Angel Wing — feature in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Unlike chance alignments of galaxies which only appear to overlap as seen from our vantage point on Earth, the two galaxies i…

Hubble Space Telescope image of two merging galaxies in the VV689 system nicknamed the Angel Wing. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Keel, Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt Two merging galaxies in the VV6… [+1535 chars]

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