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Wide field image of the region around two merging galaxies in SDSS J1531+3414 (ground based telescope) ([HGO2008]SDSS J1531+3414) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Wide field image of the region around two merging galaxies in SDSS J1531+3414 (ground based telescope)

July 10, 2014 · ESA/Hubble · [HGO2008]SDSS J1531+3414 · Corona Borealis

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This digitized sky survey image shows the region around the galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414. In this cluster two galaxies have been found to be merging into one and a "chain" of young stellar superclusters are seen winding around the galaxies’ nuclei.