![Droplets of star formation and two merging galaxies in SDSS J1531+3414 ([HGO2008]SDSS J1531+3414) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope](https://cdn.esahubble.org/archives/images/screen/heic1414a.jpg)
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Droplets of star formation and two merging galaxies in SDSS J1531+3414
July 10, 2014 · ESA/Hubble · [HGO2008]SDSS J1531+3414 · Corona Borealis
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This new NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows two galaxies from the cluster SDSS J1531+3414.
The two galaxies have been found to be merging into one and a "chain" of young stellar superclusters are seen winding around the galaxies’ nuclei. The galaxies are surrounded by an egg-shaped blue ring caused by the immense gravity of the cluster bending light from other galaxies beyond it.
More Hubble images of [HGO2008]SDSS J1531+3414
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Area of Centaurus A halo probed by HubbleJuly 22, 2014