Arp 293

Tidal interaction and streams between two spiral galaxies. Very interesting to see the trail of stars apparently flow from one galaxy into the other. It seems a bit ambiguous in this view, but the deep, widefield view available from the Legacy Survey makes it look plausible.

 

The widefield color view is available here:

legacysurvey.org/viewer?ra=254.6166&dec=58.9466&l...

 

Establishing HST's Low Redshift Archive of Interacting Systems

 

All Channels: ACS/WFC F606W

 

North is 0.41° clockwise from up.

Done