Bright galaxies and gas clouds in the
southern sky imaged by HIPASS. These
galaxies, some newly visible, lie in
strings and sheets rather than fill the sky uniformly. Images: B.S. Koribalski,
In this image, which records
hydrogen gas from our galaxy and
its neighbors, the Milky Way galaxy
(bottom) pulls gas from two nearby
galaxies (upper left).
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