NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 the Antennae Galaxies are in a state of collision. Once normal, spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, the pair began to to collide and merge possibly as long ago as 1.2 billion years. The collision is so violent that stars have been ripped from their host galaxies to form a streaming arc between the two. Far outlying stars and streamers of gas stretch out into space, creating long tidal tails reminiscent of antennae. There are clouds of gas seen in bright pink and red, surrounding bright flashes of blue star forming regions often obscured by dark patches of dust. The rate of star formation is so high that the Antennae Galaxies are said to be in a state of starburst, a period in which all of the gas within the galaxies is being used to form stars. Eventually one large elliptical galaxy will be formed. Imaged in LRGB on our Officina Stellare RiDK 700 and RiDK 500 (RGB) telescopes at El Sauce (Obstech), Chile. Image Processing: Mike Selby System control Software: Voyager by Leonardo Orazi https://www.facebook.com/masterdarksastro/

Big Congratulations to Mr.Michael Selby to have won the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand's competition for best Deep Space Astro Photo of 2020 with my image of NGC 3521. From camera was this taken on FLI PL16803 with Astrodon Filters Telescope is Officina Stellare RiDK 500 FL 3500mm

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