The Hubble Space Telescope recently entrance this arresting ikon of a spiral galaxy in the thick of a collision with its elliptical familiar . But as you’re able to clearly see , this celestial face-off has warped the spiral galaxy into something altogether different .
Together , the duo is name Arp 142 . Individually , it ’s the superstar - shape galaxy NGC 2936 and the elliptical coltsfoot NGC 2937 ( the bright globe at lower left ) . Arp 142 is locate 326 million light-headed - years away in the southern configuration Hydra .
On a related to note , this is what will happen when our galax collides with Andromeda .
Here ’s the new paradigm in its full splendour .
More on what chance when galaxies collidehereandhere .
https://gizmodo.com/what-will-happen-when-our-galaxy-collides-with-andromed-509841869
https://gizmodo.com/when-two-galaxies-collide-510108081
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