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      NGC474 region
      Wallpaper author:
      Yasuyuki Kishimoto

      22 Sept 2024

      NGC474 region

      These are two elliptical galaxies, NGC474 and NGC467, with tidal shells of very unique shapes. They are in the constellation Pisces. These two galaxies are far apart, so I think they just happen to overlap, but the bluish galaxy NGC470 is actually close to NGC474, and there is a theory that their gravitational interaction triggered the formation of the tidal shell of NGC474. It was fainter than I expected, and it was challenging for me to visualize well even with an exposure time of over 11 hours, but you can still see the multi-layered outer shell structure.

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      NGC 474

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      NGC474 region