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Hubble Reveals Young Starburst Activity in Colliding Galaxies

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Jun 08, 1993
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Hubble Reveals Young Starburst Activity in Colliding Galaxies
[Right] A NASA Hubble Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1741, a pair of colliding galaxies are undergoing a burst star formation as a result of a collision. The results from this observations are being presented to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Berkeley, California....

A NASA Hubble Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1741, a pair of colliding galaxies undergoing a burst star formation as a result of a collision.

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Hubble Reveals Young Starburst Activity in Colliding Galaxies

Hubble Reveals Young Starburst Activity in Colliding Galaxies

[Right] A NASA Hubble Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1741, a pair of colliding galaxies are undergoing a burst star formation as a result of a collision. The results from this observations are being presented to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Berkeley, California....

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Mar 20, 2025
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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Dr. Peter Conti (University or Colorado) /NASA & ESA; Alex Filippenko, UC Berkeley; Claus Leither, STScI; Carmelle Robert, STScI; Wal Sargent, CalTech; and William Vacca, UC Berkeley

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