Arp 300 consists of two interacting galaxies, UGC 05028 (the smaller face-on spiral galaxy) and UGC 05029 (the bigger face-on spiral). Possible because of its gravitational dance with its bigger associate, UGC 05028 has an uneven, irregular construction, which isn’t as seen from ground-based telescopes however is kind of distinct on this new picture from NASA’s Hubble House Telescope.
The brilliant knot seen to the southeast of the middle of UGC 05028 will be the remnant of one other small galaxy that’s within the means of merging with that galaxy. If that is so, that remnant will finally merge with the bar of stars seen in Hubble pictures of UGC 05028, forming a central bulge much like that of Arp 300’s bigger companion galaxy, UGC 05029.
UGC 05029 has a pronounced spiral construction and a number of scorching, blue large stars seen on the facet going through UGC 05028. This enhanced star formation is probably going as a result of interplay between the 2 galaxies. One other edge-on spiral galaxy is seen on this picture beneath UGC 05029 however is just too faint to be resolved into star-forming regions, whereas the 5 objects strung out above it are most likely a bunch of distant background galaxies.
Hubble checked out this galaxy pair to review the connection between the general bodily traits of galaxies and their star formation.
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