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NGC 1427A

NGC 1427A is a blue irregular galaxy plunging into the Fornax Galaxy Cluster at over 600 km/s. The ram pressure from the cluster's intergalactic medium is stripping away its gas and triggering bursts of star formation along its leading edge

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