The Tadpole Colliding Galaxies is a photograph by Nasa/esa/stsci/b.preston/science Photo Library which was uploaded on September 15th, 2018.
The Tadpole Colliding Galaxies
The Tadpole colliding galaxies, optical image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope's new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on April 1st & 9th 2002.... more
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The Tadpole Colliding Galaxies
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The Tadpole colliding galaxies, optical image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope's new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on April 1st & 9th 2002. The unusual shape of the large spiral galaxy (UGC 10214) was caused by a collision with a smaller galaxy (seen through the large galaxy in its upper left part). The gravitational forces during this collision led to the formation of a long tail (to lower right) and several huge star clusters (blue). The galaxies will combine to form a large elliptical galaxy in several million years time. The Tadpole galaxies are around 420 million light years from Earth in the constellation Draco.
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