Arp 148 (Mayall’s Object) is a pair of colliding galaxies in the Ursa Major constellation. Image shows a close up of the two colliding galaxies. The blue galaxy is a ring galaxy.
Image taken using the 32-inch Schulman telescope with STX camera on Mt. Lemmon, AZ. Data capture and reduction by Adam Block, University of Arizona. LRGB processing by JDS using CCDStack, Photoshop CS6, and Noise Ninja.
The following picture shows the same object using the Hubble space telescope.
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