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April 26 , 2021 1185 days 1028 0
  • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently shared an image of “Cosmic Rose”.
  • Cosmic Rose is an image captured by Hubble Space Telescope of NASA.
  • The image featured interacting galaxies Arp 273.

Arp 273

  • It lies in the Andromeda constellation.
  • It is 300 million light years away from the earth.
  • It is a combination of spiral galaxy UGC 1810 and UGC 1813.
  • UGC 1810 is five times heavier than UGS 1813.
  • The UGC 1810 has a disc that is tidally distorted into a rose like shape.
  • The distortion is mainly due to the gravitational pull of UGC 1813 that lies beneath.
  • This has been captured by Hubble Space Telescope.

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