Two Galaxies in a Ghostly Embrace: Arp-Madore 2026-424 | Hubble

Two Galaxies in a Ghostly Embrace: Arp-Madore 2026-424 | Hubble

This image from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope captures two galaxies of equal size in a collision that appears to resemble a ghostly face. This observation was made on June 19, 2019, in visible light by the telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys.

Residing 704 million light-years from Earth, this system is cataloged as Arp-Madore 2026-424 (AM 2026-424) in the Arp-Madore “Catalogue of Southern Peculiar Galaxies and Associations.”

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), J. Dalcanton, B.F. Williams, and M. Durbin (University of Washington)

Release Date: October 28, 2019

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