Siamese Twins

See also: Siamese twins

English

The Siamese Twins galaxies as seen in 2015 from The Liverpool Telescope at La Palma, Canary Islands

Alternative forms

• 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

Siamese Twins

1. (astronomy) A galaxy pair in Virgo, 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 Thailand (“Siam”) and Thai (“Siamese”) people.

Synonyms

• NGC 4567/8
• PGC 42064/9
• UGC 7776
• VV 219
• Butterfly Galaxies / Butterfly Galaxy

Hypernyms

• galaxy pair
• colliding galaxies
• interacting galaxies

Hyponyms

• NGC 4567
• PGC 42064
• UGC 7776 A
• VV 219 A
• NGC 4568
• PGC 42069
• UGC 7776 B
• VV 219 B

Coordinate terms

• spiral galaxy
• unbarred spiral galaxy / barless spiral galaxy
• disc galaxy / disk galaxy
• galaxy

See also

• Siamese Twins galaxies on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:NGC 4567 on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:NGC 4568 on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons