A still more extraordinary instance of irritability is exhibited by the Antlia, or instrument of suction of the butterfly. |
It is unusual to find galaxies so close to the Milky Way, yet Vela offers a dozen or more NGC galaxies in the eastern extreme of the constellation, spilling over into Antlia. |
Further south-east, on the border with the constellation Antlia, the spiral galaxy NGC 3393 contains a pair of super-massive black holes. |
The apparently insignificant constellation Antlia lies just south of Hydra and borders Vela to the north, lying along the branches of the Milky Way. |