Image: The twin galaxies NGC 4496A and NGC 4496B

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NGC 4496 in the constellation Virgo consists of two spiral galaxies, NGC 4496A (upper large galaxy) and NGC 4496B (lower galaxy). They are in the same line of sight from Earth but located at quite different distances, and they are not gravitationally interacting.

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