Hydra
Appearances can be deceiving.
In this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, an odd celestial duo, the
spiral galaxy NGC 4319 [left]] and a quasar called Markarian 205 [right],
appear to be neighbors. In reality, the two objects don't even live
in the same city. They are separated by time and space. NGC 4319 is
80 million light-years from Earth. Markarian 205 (Mrk 205) is more than
14 times farther away, residing 1 billion light-years from Earth. The
apparent close alignment of Mrk 205 and NGC 4319 is simply a matter
of chance.
Photographs and astronomical descriptions courtesy of NASA and AURA/STScI
Tales of the Immortal Night ©2003, J.J. Kuhl
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