Photo of Hubble Interacting Galaxy CGCG 436-030 (2008-04-24)

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CGCG 436-030, the eye-catching spiral galaxy in the image, shows a very pronounced curling tail. The companion galaxy, located to the bottom-right of the image, displays an intricate structure, including a number of trails that extend quite far out from its core. The bright star that appears between the two galaxies does not belong to the interacting system and is located within the Milky Way. CGCG 436-030 is located in the constellation of Pisces, the Fish, about 400 million light-years away.

This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on 24th April 2008.

About the object
Object name	CGCG 436-030, IRAS 01173+1405
Object description	Interacting Galaxies
Position (J2000)	01 20 02.87 +14 21 44.7
Constellation	Pisces
Distance	400 million light-years (100 million parsecs)
About the data
Data description	The Hubble image was created using HST data from proposal 10592: A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
Instrument	ACS/WFC
Exposure date(s)	August 25, 2001
Exposure time	26 minutes
Filters	F435W (B) and F814W (I)

Date

24 April 2008

Source

https://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16/image/ar/ (direct link)

Author

NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)

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This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA and ESA. Hubble material is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that NASA and ESA is credited as the source of the material. The material was created for NASA by Space Telescope Science Institute and for ESA by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre under Contract NAS5-26555. Copyright statement at hubblesite.org or copyright statement at spacetelescope.org.

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