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Cocoon Galaxy and its smaller partner NGC 4485 are the closest interacting galactic system, located around 25 million light years from Earth. They are moving away from eachother, connected by a 25,000 light years long stellar stream, made of bright knots and large gas rich pockets forming young stars.
