Galaxy Collection:

 

Merging galaxy NGC 7252 From the Ground (left) and From Hubble (right)

Merging galaxy NGC 7252 From the Ground (left) and From Hubble (right)

Left Credit: Dr. Francois Schweizer, taken with 4-meter telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.

Right Credit: B. Whitmore (STScI), and NASA

Co-investigators: Francois Schweizer of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C., and Claus Leitherer, Kirk Borne, and Carmelle Robert of STScI.