NGC 4038

NGC 4038 & NGC 4039 Antennae Galaxies

The Antennae Galaxies are two colliding galaxies in the Corvus (Latin for "crow) constellation, a small constellation in the southern hemisphere.

I love how the colliding of NGC 4038 & NGC 4039 is formed like a heart. The heart shape and the long tails of stars, gas and dust are really fascinating. The two long tails ejected by the galaxies, resemble the antennae of an insect, hence the nickname "Antennae Galaxies".

I did the stacking in Astro Pixel Processor and the processing in PixInsight (Gradient Correction, SPCC, Super Luminance, BlurXT, ColorSaturation, HDRMT, NoiseXT, ...).