The James Webb Space Telescope has been acquired All attention But these days Hubble, in space since 1990, continues to make incredible astronomical observations.
This new image from Hubble shows Arp-Madore 417-391, a galactic merger located 670 million light-years from Earth. The sky scene can be seen from the southern hemisphere in the constellation Eridanus. NASA To explain“The two galaxies have been gravitationally distorted and turned into a huge ring, leaving their nuclei next to each other.”
This image was made possible by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard Hubble, which was designed for just this sort of thing: observing distant, ancient galaxies. Hubble will retire at the end of the decade, but NASA and SpaceX are currently working on plans to extend the life of the old telescope.
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Astronomers currently use Hubble as an exploratory tool for the recently deployed James Webb Space Telescope, which has produced several Gorgeous astronomical photos We have already seen this. When Hubble isn’t making pre-scheduled observations, Hubble is looking at some of the lesser-known galaxies, allowing astronomers to compile a list of galaxies of interest for Webb to make later observations..
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Arp-Madore 417-391 is just one of the many great things in the Arp-Madore catalog, a collection that includes other things Galaxies interact– Including one with Clear facial appearance.
still: The Webb telescope reveals the treacherous atmosphere of a planet 700 light-years away
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