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HST Planetary Camera Images of Core of Peculiar Galaxy Arp 220 (Ground-based image vs. HST)
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A ground-based telescopic photograph of the peculiar galaxy Arp 220 (image taken by K. Borne, H. Levison, and R. Lucas at USNO Flagstaff Station, Arizona) shows a curious double-lobed structure. This structure was first interpreted as two galaxies merging together, until subsequent observations with highly sensitive CCD detectors revealed a dust lane down the center which made the galaxy appear double lobed.

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E. Shaya, D. Dowling/U. of Maryland, the WFPC Team, and NASA/ESA

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