Arp 148 (Mayall’s Object) is a pair of colliding galaxies in the Ursa Major constellation. The two meeting in the center of this picture are about 500 MILLION light years from Earth, and more distant galaxies approximately a BILLION light years away can be seen.
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.
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