ESO: Zooming In On a Curious Cosmic Collision

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NGC 5291, the hazy, golden oval dominating the center of this image, is an elliptical galaxy located nearly 200 million light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). Over 360 million years ago, NGC 5291 was involved in a…

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