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Taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999, the larger and more massive galaxy is cataloged as NGC 2207 (on the left in the Hubble Heritage image), and the smaller one on the right is IC 2163.

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A Grazing Encounter Between Two Spiral Galaxies

Taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999, the larger and more massive galaxy is cataloged as NGC 2207 (on the left in the Hubble Heritage image), and the smaller one on the right is IC 2163.