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Pan of Arp-Madore 2026-424

October 28, 2019 · ESA/Hubble

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This video pans over Arp-Madore 2026-424 (AM 2026-424) as observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This image shows the collision of two galaxies of equal size and was taken on 19 June 2019 in visible light by the telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys.

Residing 704 million light-years from Earth, this system is catalogued as Arp-Madore 2026-424 (AM 2026-424) in the Arp-Madore “Catalogue of Southern Peculiar Galaxies and Associations”.