Hubble Space Telescope Spots Overlapping Spiral Galaxies

By ESA/Hubble September 4, 2022 Hubble Space Telescope picture of 2 overlapping spiral nebula, SDSS J115331 and LEDA2073461 Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Keel Two overlapping spiral nebula are visualized in this superb image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The 2 galaxies, which lie more than a billion light-years from Earth, have the uninspiring names SDSS J115331 and LEDA2073461 They appear to clash in this image, the positioning of the 2 galaxies is most likely simply by opportunity– the 2 are not really communicating. These 2 galaxies may just be ships that pass in the night, Hubble has actually recorded an amazing range of communicating galaxies in the past. This image is among numerous NASA/ESA Hubble observations diving into highlights of the Galaxy Zoo task. Initially developed in 2007, the Galaxy Zoo task and its followers are enormous person science tasks which crowdsource galaxy categories from a swimming pool of numerous countless volunteers. These volunteers categorize galaxies imaged by robotic telescopes and are typically the very first to ever set eyes on a huge item. Throughout the initial Galaxy Zoo task, volunteers found a menagerie of strange and terrific galaxies consisting of uncommon 3-armed spiral nebula and clashing ring galaxies. The astronomers collaborating the job requested Hubble time to observe the most uncommon residents of the Galaxy Zoo– however real to the task’s crowdsourced roots, the list of targets was figured out by a public vote.
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