Interacting galaxies ESO 593-8 in Sagittarius

by: Nasa/Esa/Hubble Heritage Team/Novapix
Reference: a-gax95-00120
Date: 2008-05-09

ESO 593-8 is an impressive pair of interacting galaxies with a feather-like galaxy crossing a companion galaxy. The two components will probably merge to form a single galaxy in the future. The pair is adorned with a number of bright blue star clusters. ESO 593-8 is located in the constellation of Sagittarius, the Archer, some 650 million light-years away from Earth. Image taken by the Hubble space telescope on march 19, 2002.

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