Interacting galaxies Arp 298

by: Nasa/Esa/Hubble Heritage Team/Novapix
Reference: a-gax74-69001
Date: 2008-05-12

This is a stunning pair of interacting galaxies, the barred spiral Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 7469 (Arp 298, Mrk 1514), a luminous infrared source with a powerful starburst deeply embedded into its circumnuclear region, and its smaller companion IC 5283. This system is located about 200 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Pegasus, the Winged Horse. Image taken by the Hubble space telescope on june 11, 2002.

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