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

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

This video gives the viewer a closer look at the Arp-Madore 2026-424 (AM 2026-424) from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope. This image shows the collision of two galaxies of equal size and was taken 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 “Catalog of Southern Peculiar Galaxies and Associations”.

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

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: October 28, 2019

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