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#Arp273 is a pair of interacting spiral galaxies, sometimes called the "Rose," located in the constellation Andromeda about 300 million light-years from Earth.
The galaxies were captured in a renowned image by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2011 to mark the telescope's 21st anniversary.
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Interacting galaxies (colliding galaxies) are galaxies whose gravitational fields result in a disturbance of one another.
#Arp273 is a pair of interacting galaxies, 300 million light years away in the constellation Andromeda.
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Day 24 of #spacetober
Todays #spacetoberchallenge prompt is #spacehistoryThis image of a pair of interacting galaxies called #Arp273 was taken in celebration of Hubble's 21st anniversary in 2011.
#Hubble was launched April 24, 1990, aboard Discovery's STS-31 mission. Hubble discoveries revolutionized nearly all areas of current astronomical research from planetary science to cosmology.
#spacetober2022 #stippling #pointillism #drawing #spaceartwork #spaceart #rosegalaxy #MastoArt
