Clash of the Titans: Hubble Spots a Cataclysmic Cosmic Collision - SciTechDaily
June 20, 2021.
Hubble Space Telescope image of the interacting galaxy pair IC 1623, which lies around 275 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (The Whale).The image features the interacting galaxy pair IC 1623, which lies around 275 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (The Whale).
This interacting pair of galaxies is a familiar sight; Hubble captured IC 1623 in 2008 using two filters at optical and infrared wavelengths using the Advanced Camera for Surveys.Future observations of the galaxy pair with the NASA/ESA/CASA James Webb Space Telescope will shed more light on the processes powering extreme star formation in environments such as IC 1623.
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