Interacting Galaxies Beginning To 'Link Arms' #shorts

NGC 5331 is a pair of interacting galaxies beginning to "link arms". There is a blue trail which appears in the image flowing to the right of the system. NGC 5331 is very bright in the infrared, with about a hundred billion times the luminosity of the Sun. It is located in the constellation Virgo, the Maiden, about 450 million light-years away from Earth.

This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on 24th April 2008.

#interacting #galaxies #merging #galaxy #universe #hubbletelescope

Credit:
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)

[kenharvey]

Without looking out of my door, I can no all things in heaven.
The further one travels, the less one knows....

[gregdickerson]

Like an oyster presenting a magnificent pearl!

[thomashahn]

Big Bang...if all blown out from the center, all the universe expanding, how can two galaxies colide? Just thinking outloud.

[ВикторСлепаков]

Нельзя человеку в космос, всё разрушит.

[spacedogify]

Head-on collision or a day late and dollar short?

[acerbicatheist]

Imagine how amazing the night sky would be for most of both galaxies! I'm feeling cheated! 🌌❤️🐈❤️⚛️ We live in the middle kingdom... literally.

[seaw]

not beginning, look up H. Arp astronomer who was black listed from telescopes because of these types of things.

[augustomario]

Que passado maravilhoso brincando de forças