October 27
Interacting Galaxies Arp 147
Observed in 2008
Arp 147 consists of a pair of interacting galaxies. The left-most galaxy in this image appears nearly edge-on to our line of sight and features a smooth ring of starlight. The right-most galaxy exhibits a clumpy, blue ring of intense star formation.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope