galex_glx2005-02r_img08 April 28th, 2005
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC
Ultraviolet image of a diverse group of galaxy types. NGC 3190 is a dusty edge on spiral galaxy. NGC 3187 is highly distorted. The two are separated by only 35 kilo-parsecs (about half the diameter of our own Milky Way galaxy). A ring, elliptical, and other irregular galaxies are also present.
Provider: Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Image Source: http://www.galex.caltech.edu/media/glx2005-02r_img08.html
Curator: Galaxy Evolution Explorer
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