Merging Galaxies
Edited Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxies NGC 1512 on the left and NGC 1510 on the right.
Original caption: This composite image, created out of two different pointings from Hubble, shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512 (left) and the dwarf galaxy NGC 1510 (right). Both galaxies are about 30 million light-years away from Earth and currently in the process of merging. At the end of this process NGC 1512 will have cannibalised its smaller companion.
Merging Galaxies
Edited Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxies NGC 1512 on the left and NGC 1510 on the right.
Original caption: This composite image, created out of two different pointings from Hubble, shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512 (left) and the dwarf galaxy NGC 1510 (right). Both galaxies are about 30 million light-years away from Earth and currently in the process of merging. At the end of this process NGC 1512 will have cannibalised its smaller companion.