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April 24, 2008 09:00 AM (EDT)

News Release Number: STScI-2008-16

Cosmic Collisions Galore!

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Image: Hubble Interacting Galaxy AM 0500-620

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AM 0500-620 consists of a highly symmetric spiral galaxy seen nearly face-on and partially backlit by a background galaxy. The foreground spiral galaxy has a number of dust lanes between its arms. The background galaxy was earlier classified as an elliptical galaxy, but Hubble has now revealed a galaxy with dusty spiral arms and bright knots of stars. AM0500-620 is 350 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Dorado, the Swordfish.

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.

Object Name: AM 0500-620

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)

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About the Object

Object Name:	AM 0500-620
Object Description:	Interacting Galaxies
Position (J2000):	05 00 33.70 -62 04 05.0
Constellation:	Dorado
Distance:	350 million light-years (100 million parsecs)

About the Data

Data Description:	The Hubble image was created using HST data from proposal 6438: W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
Instrument:	WFPC2
Exposure Date(s):	March 31, 1997
Exposure Time:	1.3 hours
Filters:	F435W (B) and F814W (I)

About the Image

Image Credit:	NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
Release Date:	April 24, 2008

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