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This striking pair is an elliptical galaxy called NGC 541 and an unusual star-forming, irregular dwarf galaxy known as Minkowski’s Object (the bluish object to the lower left of NGC 541). Elliptical galaxies are nearly spherical to egg-shaped groups of stars that form when galaxies merge. NGC 541 shoots out radio jets that are invisible to human eyes but detectable by radio telescopes. These jets originate in the accretion disk around the galaxy’s central black hole. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and S. Croft (Eureka Scientific Inc.); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA Goddard/Catholic University of America) #thespaceport #spaceexploration #hubblespacetelescope #NASA #ESA #learn #Galaxies #galaxy #Cosmos #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Universe #space #stars #star #science #pic #picoftheday #pictureoftheday #picture #photo #photooftheday #insta #instagram #milkyway #instalike #instaspace #astro #instafollow #nebula
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