Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola Explanation: Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola, is the Hawaiian name given to this image of a pair of spiral galaxies locked in a mutual gravitational embrace. Some 200 million light-years distant toward the high flying constellation Pegasus their spectacular, galactic scale merger is captured in sharp detail in the image…