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                                  2023 August 16   
      
                             Arp 93: A Cosmic Embrace   
            Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby, Observatorio El Sauce   
      
      Explanation: Locked in a cosmic embrace, two large galaxies are merging   
      at the center of this sharp telescopic field of view. The interacting   
      system cataloged as Arp 93 is some 200 million light-years distant   
      toward the constellation Aquarius in planet Earth's sky. Individually   
      the galaxies are identified as NGC 7285 (right) and NGC 7284. Their   
      bright cores are still separated by about 20,000 light-years or so, but   
      a massive tidal stream, a result of their ongoing gravitational   
      interaction, extends over 200,000 light-years toward the bottom of the   
      frame. Interacting galaxies do look peculiar, but are now understood to   
      be common in the Universe. In fact, closer to home, the large spiral   
      Andromeda Galaxy is known to be approaching the Milky Way. Arp 93 may   
      well present an analog of their distant future cosmic embrace.   
      
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