Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Image of collison between two Milky- way like Galaxies


Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of collision between two Milky-Way like galaxies.


These two galaxies are known as NGC 2623 or Arp 243 are in the stages of emerging . The tail of NGC 2623 is richly populated with bright star clusters.


The galaxy NGC 2623 is an extensively studied galaxy and is bright in the infrared.
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4 comments:

  1. Bring Back PlutoOctober 14, 2009 at 9:16 AM

    i never heard if they actually found water?

    my kids were bummed they couldn't see anything.

    But it was still amazing!

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  2. lawmacsOctober 14, 2009 at 2:48 PM

    Thanks for keeping us update on the development of the milky way i am always looking forward for your post

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  3. Another BloggerOctober 14, 2009 at 10:49 PM

    what milky way means? its a great picture :) Thanks for sharing sister

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  4. UnknownSeptember 27, 2012 at 11:03 PM

    Wow this is great! It makes me wonder what else is out in the universe. The picture is amazing! Its fun to see the development of the milky way!

    EH 101

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