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December 28, 1995
NGC 6240: When Galaxies Collide
Credit: 2.2m Telescope, La Silla, Chile,
ESO,
MPI, W. Keel
(UA)
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(GMU) &
Jerry
Bonnell (USRA).
NASA Technical Rep.:
Sherri
Calvo.
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