File:Compass Image of J0742+2704 (2025-004).tiff

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Hubble captured intriguing hints of interaction, if not full merging, between galaxies including quasar J0742+2704. There is evidence of a distorted tidal tail, or a streamer of gas, that has been pulled out by the gravity of a nearby galaxy.

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English: Hubble captured intriguing hints of interaction, if not full merging, between galaxies including quasar J0742+2704. There is evidence of a distorted tidal tail, or a streamer of gas, that has been pulled out by the gravity of a nearby galaxy. The presence of a ring galaxy also suggests interaction: The distinctive shape of ring galaxies are thought to form when one galaxy passes through another, redistributing its contents into a central core circled by stars and gas.

Astronomers will be doing further analysis of Hubble's detailed spectroscopic data, plus follow-up with other telescopes that can see different types of light, to confirm the distances of the galaxies and how they may be affecting one another. NASA, ESA, Kristina Nyland (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
Date Taken on 10 April 2024 - 13 January 2025, 15:15:00 (upload date)
Source Compass Image of J0742+2704
Author Science NASA, ESA, Kristina Nyland (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory) Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
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