This is an image of a pair of galaxies located about 180 million light-years away in the direction of the Canis Canis constellation. The larger galaxy with a bar structure at the bottom of the image is called “NGC 5410”, while the smaller galaxy in the upper left is called “UGC 8932”. NGC 5410 is about 80,000 light-years across and UGC 8932 is about 60,000 light-years across.
[▲Duegalassie”NGC5410″(inbasso)e”UGC8932″(inaltoasinistra)fotografatedallaWideFieldCamera3(WFC3)deltelescopiospazialeHubble(Credito:NASA/ESA/D.Bowen(UniversitàdiPrinceton)/Elaborazione:GladysKober(NASA/UniversitàCattolicad’America)]
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), NGC 5410 and UGC 8932 are interacting galaxies that influence each other through gravity. Some interacting galaxies have shapes greatly distorted by tidal forces or have spiral arms that extend like long tails.
The irregular morphology of UGC 8932 is believed to be caused by the distortion caused by the gravity of NGC 5410. The interaction between the two galaxies is also said to cause a stream of stars, as if a bridge had been built.
This image was created based on data acquired by the Hubble Space Telescope’s (HST) Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). The Hubble Space Telescope’s observations of NGC 5410 and UGC 8932 were conducted in March 2023 as part of a study investigating the relationship between interactions between dwarf galaxies and star formation. The first image was released by NASA on January 26, 2024.
Source
- NASA – Hubble studies a glittering pair of galaxies
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