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NGC 3314 Zoom Sequence (with Music)
This video begins with an image of the whole night sky, before zooming in to the constellation of Hydra and the curious pair of galaxies catalogued as NGC 3314. These two galaxies are actually separated by around 20 million light years, even if from our vantage point they look like they are in the midst of a collision. The video ends with detailed Hubble observations of the two galaxies.
- Release DateJune 14, 2012
- Science ReleaseChance Alignment Between Galaxies Mimics a Cosmic Collision
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Chance Alignment Between Galaxies Mimics a Cosmic Collision
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a rare view of a pair of overlapping galaxies, called NGC 3314. The two galaxies look as if they are colliding, but they are actually separated by tens of millions of light-years, or about ten times the distance between our Milky Way and the...
NGC 3314A and NGC 3314B Pan Sequence (with Music)
This video pans across Hubble Space Telescope observations of NGC 3314A and NGC 3314B, a pair of galaxies in the constellation Hydra. While they might look like they are in the midst of a cosmic collision, they are in fact separated by tens of millions of light-years of space.
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Feb 17, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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claire.andreoli@nasa.gov
