Hubble
Interacting Galaxies AM 0702-601
Interacting Galaxies
RA 07 03 27.46 Dec -60 16 00.2
Carina
400 million light-years (150 million parsecs)
ACS/WFC
September 18, 2001
38 minutes
F435W (B) and F814W (I)
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, & A. Evans (U of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook Univ)
April 24, 2008
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ABOUT THIS IMAGE:
AM 0702 consists of a couple of detached galaxies, far apart and probably only just beginning to interact. The first signs of the interaction are visible in the galaxy on the left, where the outer structure of the spiral arms is starting to expand, extending a tidal tail of matter out into space.
This
image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken
by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th
anniversary on 24th April 2008