Amateur Astronomer Delivers Stunning View of Antennae Galaxies Colliding
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An amateur astrophotographer, Damian Meyer, captured a sharp deep-space image of the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/NGC 4039) about 45 million light-years away, revealing tidal tails, dense star-forming regions, and gas streams as the galaxies collide, made with a Sky-Watcher Esprit 120 and careful exposure stacking.
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