The gravitational dance between two galaxies in our local neighbourhood has led to intriguing visual features in both as witnessed in this new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The tiny NGC 1510 and its colossal neighbour NGC 1512 are at the beginning of a lengthy merger, a crucial process in galaxy evolution. Despite its diminutive size, NGC 1510 has had a significant effect on NGC 1512’s structure and amount of star formation.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1712/
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ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
27 July 2017
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