This Chandra image shows the X-ray emission around the centers of both NGC 5194 (lower right) and NGC 5195 (upper left). In addition, there are 84 X-ray sources within the boundary of NGC 5194. The number of luminous X-ray sources is much larger than normal spiral and elliptical galaxies and similar to galaxies experiencing starburst activity. Click to enlarge.

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