File:NGC 5291 galactic collision.jpg
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English: This observation from the SMARTS 0.9-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory shows the result of a truly spectacular galactic collision. The elliptical galaxy NGC 5291— the hazy oval cloud at the center of this image — was struck by a careening rogue galaxy over 300 million years ago. The aftermath of this cataclysmic collision is a ring of galactic debris — visible as the tenuous luminous clouds spreading left and right from the golden oval of NGC 5291. This image also shows more gentle galactic interactions — NGC 5291 is interacting sedately with the unusually curved galaxy to the right of it, which is known as the Seashell. |
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Credit/Provider | CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Acknowledgments: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin |
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Date and time of data generation | 15:22, 17 December 2020 |
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