esahubble_ann0910a October 13th, 2009
Credit: NASA & ESA
A bright and bizarre galaxy called NGC 2623 is the focus of this Hubblecast. The single galaxy is the product of the merger of two distinct galaxies. The union has spawned new star formation and activated one of the supermassive black holes found at the centres of the two original galaxies, causing it to emit light across a wide spectrum. The galaxy is part of the GOALS (The Great Observatory All-sky LIRG) Survey that combines the powers of four space telescopes to study over 200 of the most luminous infrared galaxies in the local Universe. ESA/HubbleVisual design & Editing: Martin KornmesserAnimations: Martin Kornmesser & Patrik Jonsson, Greg Novak & Joel Primack, UC Santa CruzWeb Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi ShidaWritten by: Colleen SharkeyNarration: Dr. JMusic: movetwo & John Dyson from the CD DarklightStill images: XMM-Newton: ESA/Chandra: NASA/Galex: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Spitzer: NASA/JPL-Caltech Directed by: Colleen SharkeyExecutive director: Lars Lindberg ChristensenAcknowledgement: Dr. Eckhard Sturm
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/ann0910a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
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