Zooming in on Arp-Madore 2026-424

This video gives the viewer a closer look at the Arp-Madore 2026-424 (AM 2026-424) from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This image shows the collision of two galaxies of equal size and was taken on 19 June 2019 in visible light by the telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys. 

Residing 704 million light-years from Earth, this system is catalogued as Arp-Madore 2026-424 (AM 2026-424) in the Arp-Madore “Catalogue of Southern Peculiar Galaxies and Associations”.

More information and download options: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1919a/

Credit:
NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B.F. Williams, and M. Durbin (University of Washington)

Music: Astral Electronic - Solar Wind