This page describes an image Spiral Galaxy Merger
Image caption:
This image shows two interacting spiral galaxies located approximately 150 million light-years away. Two spiral galaxies are involved in this dance, creating visible distortions in their spiral arms due to the gravitational pull. What is starting as an embrace in this picture, will end in the merger of those two galaxies into one, most likely elliptical, galaxy.
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Image credit:
ESO Credit Link
Related glossary terms:
Galaxy
, Spiral Galaxy
Categories:
Galaxies
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Image caption: Cette image montre deux galaxies spirales en interaction, situées à environ 150 millions d'années-lumière. Deux galaxies spirales sont impliquées dans cette danse, créant des distorsions visibles dans leurs bras spiraux en raison de l'attraction gravitationnelle. Ce qui commence comme une étreinte sur cette image se terminera par la fusion de ces deux galaxies en une seule galaxie, très probablement elliptique.
Image credit: ESO
Related glossary terms: Galaxie , Spiral Galaxy Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: François Dulieu
Caption reviewers: Mamadou Mahamat Djabbi
Image caption: Questa immagine mostra due galassie a spirale interagenti, situate a circa 150 milioni di anni luce di distanza dalla Terra. Due galassie a spirale sono coinvolte in questa danza, creando distorsioni visibili nei loro bracci a spirale a causa dell'attrazione gravitazionale. Quello che in questa immagine inizia come un abbraccio, finirà con la fusione di queste due galassie in un'unica galassia, molto probabilmente ellittica.
Image credit: ESO
Related glossary terms: Galassia , Galassia a spirale Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi
Caption reviewers: Rosa Valiante, Rodolfo Canestrari, Anna Wolter
Image caption: 这张图片展示了两颗相互作用的漩涡星系，它们距离地球大约1.5亿光年。两颗漩涡星系在引力的牵引下“共舞”，使得它们的旋臂出现了明显的扭曲。这幅图像中所展现的“拥抱”，最终将以两个星系合并为一个星系而结束，极有可能形成一个椭圆星系。
Image credit: 欧空局
Related glossary terms: 漩涡星系 , 银河系 Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Li Jiankang
Image caption: 這張圖片展示了兩顆相互作用的漩渦星系，它們距離地球大約1.5億光年。兩顆漩渦星系在引力的牽引下“共舞”，使得它們的旋臂出現了明顯的扭曲。這幅圖像中所展現的“擁抱”，最終將以兩個星系合併為一個星系而結束，極有可能形成一個橢圓星系。
Image credit: 歐空局
Related glossary terms: 漩渦星系 , 銀河系 Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: An automated transliteration from the simplified Chinese translation by - Li Jiankang
