Galactic Companions NGC 1510 & NGC 1512: Wide-field View (ground-based)

Galactic Companions NGC 1510 & NGC 1512: Wide-field View (ground-based)

This image shows the sky around the two interacting galaxies NGC 1512 and NGC 1510. NGC 1512 is clearly visible in the very center of the image.

The barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512 (left) and the dwarf galaxy NGC 1510 (right). Both galaxies are about 30 million light-years away from Earth and currently in the process of merging. At the end of this process NGC 1512 will have cannibalized its smaller companion.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: July 27, 2017

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