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NGC 3314 (also NGC3314a, IRAS 10348-2725, MCG -4-25-41 and PGC 31531) is a magnitude +12.5 pair of overlapping spiral galaxies located between 117 and 140 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. 

The galaxes were discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape of Good Hope on the 24th March 1835.

Right Ascension 10h 37m 12.7s, Declination -27° 41' 00" (NGC3314a)

Right Ascension 10h 37m 13.2s, Declination -27° 41' 06" (NGC 3314b)

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 Chance Alignment Between Galaxies Mimics a Cosmic Collision

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a rare view of a pair of overlapping galaxies, called NGC 3314. The two galaxies look as if they are colliding, but they are actually separated by tens of millions of light-years, or about ten times the distance between our Milky Way and the neighbouring Andromeda galaxy. The chance alignment of the two galaxies, as seen from Earth, gives a unique look at the silhouetted spiral arms in the closer face-on spiral, NGC 3314A.

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