Eyes in the Sky
NASA Hubble and Spitzer telescopes combined to make these shape-shifting galaxies taking on the form of a giant mask. The icy blue eyes are actually the cores of two merging galaxies, called NGC 2207 and IC 2163, and the mask is their spiral arms.
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NASA ID
PIA08097
Date Created
April 26, 2006
Center
JPL
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image
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