Astronomy Picture of the Day · May 7, 2010

The Antennae

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 7, 2010 is “The Antennae,” an image. The picture is copyrighted by its creator (Credit & Copyright: Star Shadows Remote Observatory and PROMPT/CTIO (Jack Harvey, Steve Mazlin, Rick Gilbert, and Daniel Verschatse)). The original explanation runs about 117 words.

From the explanation

“Some 60 million light-years away in the southerly constellation Corvus , two large galaxies collided . But the stars in the two galaxies cataloged as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 don’t collide in the course of the ponderous, billion year or so long event .”

— APOD editors, May 7, 2010

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date: May 7, 2010
Type: Image
Credit: Credit & Copyright: Star Shadows Remote Observatory and PROMPT/CTIO (Jack Harvey, Steve Mazlin, Rick Gilbert, and Daniel Verschatse)
Copyright: Copyrighted by the credited creator. Ask the copyright holder before reusing it.
Explanation length: About 117 words

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Source

Astronomy Picture of the Day, May 7, 2010 — science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2010-may-7-the-antennae

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