Cosmoview Episode 64: ‘Taffy Galaxies’ Collide, Leave Behind Bridge of Star-Forming Material
The Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, captured this dazzling image of the so-called Taffy Galaxies — UGC 12914 and UGC 12915. Their twisted appearance is the result of a head-on collision that occurred about 25 million years prior to their appearance in this image. A bridge of highly turbulent gas devoid of significant star formation spans the gap between the two galaxies.
Credit:Images and Videos: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA, T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Rodriguez (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab), ESA/Hubble/L. Calcada, D. Munizaga, N. Bartmann
Music: Stellardrone - In Time
About the Video
| Id: | noirlab2308a |
| Release date: | March 29, 2023, 1 p.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2308 |
| Duration: | 01 m 09 s |
| Frame rate: | 29.97 |
