{"id":639050,"date":"2019-11-29T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=639050"},"modified":"2019-11-29T06:04:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T10:04:00","slug":"a-close-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=639050","title":{"rendered":"A close relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some galaxies are closer friends than others. While many live their own separate, solitary lives, others stray a little too close to a near neighbour and take their relationship to the next level.<\/p>\n

The galaxy in this\u00a0Picture of the Week, named NGC 6286, has done just that! Just out of frame lies its partner,\u00a0NGC 6285. Together, the duo is named Arp 293 and they are\u00a0interacting, their mutual gravitational attraction pulling wisps of gas and streams of dust from them, distorting their shapes, and gently smudging and blurring their appearances on the sky \u2014 to Earth-based observers, at least.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope\u00a0has viewed\u00a0a number of interacting pairs. These can have distinctive, beautiful, and downright odd shapes, ranging from\u00a0sheet music\u00a0to\u00a0a spaceship entering a sci-fi-esque wormhole, a\u00a0bouquet of celestial blooms, and\u00a0a penguin fiercely guarding its precious egg.<\/p>\n

Arp 293 is located in the constellation of\u00a0Draco (The Dragon), and lies over 250 million light-years from Earth.<\/p>\n


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