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In fact, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a pair of galaxies at a distance of 180 million lightyears.
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a picture of a pair of interacting galaxies designated as NGC 5410 and UGC 8932/PGC 49896. Meanwhile, the photo was captured to investigate the influence of galaxy interactions on star formation, and the research was conducted in 2023.
In fact, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a pair of galaxies at a distance of 180 million lightyears. Meanwhile, the larger of the two galaxies occupies the lower side of the photo and bears the designation of NGC 5410.
Interestingly, NGC 5410 spans 80,000 lightyears across and is a young spiral galaxy with a white bar of stars towards its center that transports gas and dust to fuel the ongoing processes at the core of the galaxy. The smaller of the two galaxies, UGC 8932, measures 60,000 lightyears across and has younger, bluer stars all over, even at its core.
However, the image was captured to probe interactions between dwarf galaxies and examine if such interactions can lead to the formation of reservoirs of material that are the raw material for star formation. In addition to that, these foreground stars are marked by cross-shaped diffraction spikes caused by light interacting with the internal support structure of Hubble.
