Spiral galaxy M66, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image. It is thought the asymmetric arms of this galaxy are due to gravitational interactions with two

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Spiral galaxy M66, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image. It is thought the asymmetric arms of this galaxy are due to gravitational interactions with two neighbouring galaxies M65 and NGC3627. M66 is located 30 million light years from Earth, near the constellation Leo.

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