Siamese Twins

Siamese twins English thumb|The Siamese Twins galaxies as seen in 2015 from The Liverpool Telescope at La Palma, Canary Islands Alternative forms en Siamese Twin Galaxies Siamese Twins Galaxies Siamese Twin Galaxy Siamese Twins Galaxy Etymology From being a pair of galaxies that are similar in appearance and appearing conjoined, analogous to a pair of Siamese twins. Proper noun 1 Siamese Twins en astronomy en galaxy pair constellation/Virgo galaxycluster/Virgo Cluster. Usage notes NASA has deprecated the name "Siamese Twins" within NASA, due to perceived racist naming in the term "Siamese twins", which is considered to inordinately associate this birth defect with en Thailand en Siam and en Thai en Siamese people. Synonyms mul NGC 4567/8 mul PGC 42064/9 mul UGC 7776 mul VV 219 en Butterfly Galaxies / en Butterfly Galaxy Hypernyms en galaxy pair en colliding galaxies en interacting galaxies Hyponyms en mul:NGC 4567 mul:PGC 42064 mul:UGC 7776 A mul:VV 219 A mul:NGC 4568 mul:PGC 42069 mul:UGC 7776 B mul:VV 219 B Coordinate terms en spiral galaxy en unbarred spiral galaxy / en barless spiral galaxy en disc galaxy / en disk galaxy en galaxy See also en Siamese Twins galaxies NGC 4567 NGC 4568 en Nicknames