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This image shows the two galaxies interacting. NGC 2936, once a standard spiral galaxy, and NGC 2937, a smaller elliptical, bear a striking resemblance to a penguin guarding its egg. This image is a combination of visible and infrared light, created from data gathered by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 3 (WFC3).

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This image shows the two galaxies interacting. NGC 2936, once a standard spiral galaxy, and NGC 2937, a smaller elliptical, bear a striking resemblance to a penguin guarding its egg. This image is a combination of visible and infrared light, created from data gathered by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 3 (WFC3).
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AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2024 09:38:24 JST AkaSci 🛰️
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But nothing can beat this dazzling image of the "Penguin and Egg" interacting galaxies from 2013 by Hubble, taken in visible light using its WFC3 camera.
NGC 2936 (the Penguin) and the equally massive but more compact galaxy NGC 2937 (the Egg) were both discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth in 1864.
Eventually the galaxies will merge to form a single object, with their two populations of stars, gas and dust intermingling.
https://esahubble.org/images/heic1311a/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2936
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