Multiple Galaxy Collisions
Hubble's sharp vision reveals more complexity within these galaxies, which astronomers are interpreting as evidence of a multiple-galaxy pileup. These images, taken by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, are part of a three-year study of 123 galaxies within 3 billion light-years of Earth. The study was conducted in 1996, 1997, and 1999. False colours were assigned to these photos to enhance fine details within these coalescing galaxies.
Credit:
NASA/ESA, Kirk Borne (Raytheon and NASA/ESA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.), Luis Colina (Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria, Spain), and Howard Bushouse and Ray Lucas ( Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9945b |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 22 November 1999, 07:00 |
| Size: | 1054 x 634 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Galaxy Collisions |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting • Galaxies Images/Videos |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
