MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
NASA 50th Anniversary Image Gallery
Record
Title:
A Grazing Encounter Between Two Spiral Galaxies
Creator:
NASA
Description:
Taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999, the larger and more massive galaxy is cataloged as NGC 2207 (on the left in the Hubble Heritage image), and the smaller one on the right is IC 2163.
Date:
8/1/08
Identifier:
261111main_10_TwoSpiralGalaxies_full
MediaType:
Image
Year:
2008
What:
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

A Grazing Encounter Between Two Spiral Galaxies

A Grazing Encounter Between Two Spiral Galaxies