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NGC 4911: Spiral Diving into a Dense Cluster
NGC 4911, a spiral galaxy, is being pulled apart as it falls into the enormous Coma Cluster of Galaxies. This deep image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals faint rings around NGC 4911, likely caused by gravitational interactions with its neighbors. If it follows the path of other galaxies in the cluster, it will eventually lose its outer layers, dust, gas, and surrounding satellite galaxies, becoming a yellowish elliptical. This process is just beginning.
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In tropical astrology, 8 SEP 2010 falls under Virgo (♍). The sign's window runs from 08-23 through 09-22. Virgo is the largest zodiac constellation, holding the heart of the Virgo galaxy cluster. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 8 SEP 2010.