The Making of a Giant Galaxy

ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/UC Irvine/STScI/Keck/NRAO/SAO2013-05-22

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

ESA Herschel Space Observatory first spotted the colliding duo in images taken with longer-wavelength infrared light left with a close-up view at right, with merging galaxies circled.

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Title: The Making of a Giant Galaxy
Creator: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/UC Irvine/STScI/Keck/NRAO/SAO
Date Created: 2013-05-22
Rights: JPL

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