stsci_2008-16ao April 25th, 2008
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
AM 0702 consists of a couple of detached galaxies, far apart and probably only just beginning to interact. The first signs of the interaction are visible in the galaxy on the left, where the outer structure of the spiral arms is starting to expand, extending a tidal tail of matter out into space.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-16
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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