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A pair of interacting galaxies, one smaller than the other. They appear as a broad, soft glow in which individual stars aren't visible. A number of bright stars and smaller, background galaxies are also featured—three such galaxies lie in a vertical line below the right-hand galaxy of the pair.
ESA / Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey / DOE / FNAL / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA

A Galactic Chain

Day 20 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar