November 11, 2013 AM 1316-241, interacting galaxies in Hydra Image Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa) AM 1316-241 (also known as ESO 508-45) is a pair of overlapping interacting galaxies located some 350 – 400 million light-years away from Earth in the large constellation of Hydra [continue reading]
April 4, 2013 NGC 3314, a pair of overlapping galaxies in Hydra Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing: Martin Pugh (http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.au/) NGC 3314 is actually a pair of overlapping galaxies that lie 117 million (NGC 3314A) and 140 million (NGC 3314B) light-years away in the southern constellation of Hydra. They are separated by [continue reading]