Hubble shows a photo of three massive galaxies merging into one

Hubble has sent another beautiful image from space. The telescope was able to capture the merger of three galaxies in the constellation of Volopas (Boötes).

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Astronomers refer to the trio of galaxies as SDSSCGB 10189. Its rarity lies in the combination of three large galaxies where stars form and the distance between them is about 50,000 light-years. To make it clearer, the nearest large galaxy to us is called Andromeda and is 2.5 million light years away from our planet, which is 50 times farther away.

The image taken by the space telescope is one of the results of a project in which scientists are studying the vast galaxies that exist in our universe. Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3 were used to capture the photo. Space objects like those in the Hubble image are known as the brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs).

Source: NASA