Wide field image of the region around two merging galaxies in SDSS J1531+3414 (ground based telescope)
Date: 10 July 2014
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: [HGO2008] SDSS J1531+3414
Copyright: See below
This digitized sky survey image shows the region around the galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414. In this cluster two galaxies have been found to be merging into one and a "chain" of young stellar superclusters are seen winding around the galaxies' nuclei.
Credit
Image credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey (DSS).
Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
