Freewheeling Galaxies Collide in a Blaze of Star Birth | Hubble

Freewheeling Galaxies Collide in a Blaze of Star Birth | Hubble

A dusty spiral galaxy appears to be rotating on edge, like a pinwheel, as it slides through the larger, bright galaxy NGC 1275, in this NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope image.

These images, taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), show traces of spiral structure accompanied by dramatic dust lanes and bright blue regions that mark areas of active star formation.

Credit: NASA/European Space Agency and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Release Date: May 1, 2003

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