Photo taken based on a winning essay by the Sydney Girls High School Astronomy Club "In addition to inspirational aspects and aesthetics, club members argued that a color image would be more than just a pretty picture. In their winning essay they noted that "If enough colour data is obtained in the image it may reveal easily accessible information about the different populations of stars, star formation, relative rate of star formation due to the interaction, and the extent of dust and gas present in these galaxies". (Editor's note: For Australian schools, 2011 contest information is here.)"
Now who is doing the follow up study? Thanks, Australian Girls and NASA! Science clearly rocks!
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