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                                   2023 April 1   
      
                            NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans   
              Image Credit & Copyright: Nicolas Rolland, Martin Pugh   
      
      Explanation: Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern   
      constellation of the flying fish, (Piscis) Volans. Located about 50   
      million light-years away, the galaxy's two spiral arms extending from a   
      pronounced central bar give it a hook-shaped appearance in this deep   
      colorful image, with spiky foreground stars scattered across the   
      telescopic field of view. The image also reveals the distant galaxy's   
      obscuring dust lanes, young blue star clusters and reddish star forming   
      regions surrounding a core of yellowish light from an older population   
      of stars. But the star forming regions seem more concentrated along the   
      drawn-out (upper right) spiral arm. The distorted structure is likely   
      the result of an ancient close encounter with the smaller galaxy seen   
      near the top left of the frame. The two interacting galaxies are   
      separated by about 150,000 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC   
      2442.   
      
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