The merging galaxy pair NGC 4568 and NGC 4567 and supernova SN 2020fqv (callout box)

This image from the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i reveals a pair of interacting spiral galaxies — NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top) — as they begin to clash and merge. The galaxies will eventually form a single elliptical galaxy in around 500 million years. Also shown in the image is the glowing remains of a supernova that was detected in 2020. 

Credit:

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF's NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)

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Id:noirlab2219b
Type:Collage
Release date:Aug. 9, 2022, 11 a.m.
Related releases:noirlab2219
Size:2134 x 1944 px

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Category:Galaxies

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