File:NGC2798 NGC2799 - HST - Potw2042a.tif

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English: Galactic Waterspout

In this spectacular image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the galaxy NGC 2799 (on the left) is seemingly being pulled into the centre of the galaxy NGC 2798 (on the right).

Interacting galaxies, such as these, are so named because of the influence they have on each other, which may eventually result in a merger or a unique formation. Already, these two galaxies have seemingly formed a sideways waterspout, with stars from NGC 2799 appearing to fall into NGC 2798 almost like drops of water.

Galactic mergers can take place over several hundred million to over a billion years. While one might think the merger of two galaxies would be catastrophic for the stellar systems within, the sheer amount of space between stars means that stellar collisions are unlikely and stars typically drift past each other.

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ESA/Hubble & NASA, SDSS, J. Dalcanton Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla) 

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Position (RA):  	9 17 26.02
Position (Dec): 	41° 59' 56.72"
Field of view:  	3.05 x 2.84 arcminutes
Orientation:    	North is 13.5° right of vertical

Colours & filters Band	Wavelength	Telescope
Optical g       	477 nm   	Hubble Space Telescope ACS
Optical r       	624 nm   	Hubble Space Telescope ACS
Optical i       	764 nm   	Hubble Space Telescope ACS
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Date 19 October 2020, 06:00 (Release)
Source https://spacetelescope.org/images/potw2042a/
Author Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, SDSS, J. Dalcanton - Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)
Other versions Gives a better explantion how data from Hubble is used for luminace and datat from SDSS is used for coloration, too
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