Intergalactic Pipeline
This visible-light picture, taken by the Hubble telescope, reveals an intergalactic 'pipeline' of material flowing between two battered galaxies that bumped into each other about 100 million years ago. The pipeline [the dark string of matter] begins in NGC 1410 [the galaxy at left], crosses over 20, 000 light-years of intergalactic space, and wraps around NGC 1409 [the companion galaxy at right] like a ribbon around a package. The galaxies reside about 300 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus.
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About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 03386-0127, NGC 1409, NGC 1410 |
| Type: | • Galaxies Images/Videos |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope STIS | |
| Optical V |
585 nm | Hubble Space Telescope STIS |
| Optical R |
723 nm | Hubble Space Telescope STIS |
