Monday, July 16, 2012

When Galaxies Collide: Bizarre Shape

Zw II 96, as this object is called, has an odd shape, probably resulting from the angles that the galaxies forming it came from.

It is located 500 million light-years away in the constellation Delphinus.

Image: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)

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