Interacting Pair · Rose-Shaped

Arp 273

Arp 273 is an interacting pair of galaxies whose gravitational dance has pulled the larger spiral into a beautiful rose shape. The smaller companion is tilted nearly perpendicular. The pair was famously imaged by Hubble to celebrate the tel

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