Cosmos NGC 4038 Group

The antennae galaxies which is the collision between the galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4037, next to it the small ESO 572-45
In the upper right corner: The galaxy NGC 4027, just below it a smaller one called ESO 572-36 and above it another, even smaller one, called ESO 572-34
Several other small galaxies can be seen in the field, best seen in the high definition image, you can travel in the field looking for small galaxies.

The NGC 4038 Group is a group of galaxies in the constellations Corvus and Crater. The group may contain between 13 and 27 galaxies. The group’s best known galaxies are the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/NGC4039), a well-known interacting pair of galaxies.

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