A Grazing Encounter Between two Spiral Galaxies - space

In the direction of the constellation Canis Major, two spiral galaxies pass by each other like majestic ships in the night. The near-collision has been caught in images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and its Wide Field Planetary Camera 2.\r\n\r\n\r\nCredit:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI)\r\n