Hubble Captures a Monster Merger https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-captures-a-monster-merger/ #NASA #Astrophysics #AstrophysicsDivision #Galaxies #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #HubbleSpaceTelescope #ScienceMissionDirectorate #TheUniverse
Hubble Captures a Monster Merger - NASA Science
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features Arp 122, a peculiar galaxy that in fact comprises two galaxies – NGC 6040, the tilted, warped spiral galaxy and LEDA 59642, the round, face-on spiral – that are in the midst of a collision.science.nasa.gov
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in reply to NASA • • •> Galaxies that result from mergers are thought to have a regular or elliptical structure, as the merging process disrupts more complex structures (such as those observed in spiral galaxies).
That would suggest the merger shown involves a galaxy, LEDA 59642, that formed from a merger.