Zooming in on Merging Spiral Galaxies
Zoom in reveals a pair of interacting spiral galaxies — NGC 4568 and NGC 4567 — as they begin to clash and merge. These galaxies are entangled by their mutual gravitational field and will eventually combine to form a single elliptical galaxy in around 500 million years. Also visible in the image is the glowing remains of a supernova that was detected in 2020.
Credit:
International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
Music: Zero-project - Through the Looking Glass (zero-project.gr)
About the Video
| Id: | noirlab2219b |
| Release date: | Aug. 9, 2022, 11 a.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2219 |
| Duration: | 01 m 00 s |
| Frame rate: | 29.97 |
