Two very different
galaxies attribute in this family portrait taken by the NASA / ESA Hubble Space
Telescope, together forming a exclusive galaxy pair called Arp 116. The image
shows the dramatic differences in size, structure and color spiral and
elliptical galaxies between.
Arp 116 is composed of
a giant elliptical galaxy Messier known as 60, and a much smaller spiral
galaxy, NGC 4647.