Galactic unraveling

Team ShaRA, taken from the Chilescope remote observatory in the Atacama Desert NGC 3169 (left) and NGC 3166 (right) are a pair of galaxies in Sextans whose gravitational interactions are destroying their spiral structure. This image also shows the distinct tidal tails arcing around NGC 3169. The roughly 17 hours of LRGB exposure for thisContinue reading “Galactic unraveling”
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