Mice Galaxies

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NGC 4676, or the Mice Galaxies, are two spiral galaxies in the constellation Coma Berenices. About 105.8 megaparsecs (345 million light-years) distant, they have begun the process of colliding and merging.

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Image: NASA, H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCSC/LO), M.Clampin (STScI), G. Hartig (STScI), the ACS Science Team, and ESA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.