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Credit: ESA / Hubble / NASA

Antennae Galaxies (also known as NGC 4038/NGC 4039 or Caldwell 60/Caldwell 61) are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Corvus. The Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4038 (top) and NGC 4039 (bottom) undergoing a galactic collision.