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Merging galaxy NGC 7252 From the Ground (left) and From Hubble (right)

Merging galaxy NGC 7252 From the Ground (left) and From Hubble (right)

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Left Credit: Dr. Francois Schweizer, taken with 4-meter telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.

Right Credit: B. Whitmore (STScI), and NASA

Co-investigators: Francois Schweizer of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C., and Claus Leitherer, Kirk Borne, and Carmelle Robert of STScI.

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