A group of galaxies is locked in a dance of destru

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A group of galaxies is locked in a dance of destruction. Called Seyfert's Sextet, this galactic vista was captured by Hubble in its 13th year. The galaxies are so tightly packed together that gravitational forces are beginning to rip stars from them and distort their shapes. Those same gravitational forces eventually could bring the galaxies together to form one large galaxy. Seyfert's Sextet isn't a super accurate nickname, though. Rather than six, only four galaxies are actually on the dance card. The small face-on spiral with the prominent arms (at center) is a background galaxy almost five times farther away than the other four. The sixth member of the sextet isn't a galaxy at all but a long "tidal tail" of stars (lower right) torn from one of the galaxies. The group resides 190 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. We're sharing one outstanding image from each year of Hubble’s mission to celebrate its upcoming 35th birthday – counting down to a new series of anniversary images! Stay tuned for more, and get caught up at the link in our bio! Image description: A group of galaxies shines against black space. The lower galaxies are hazy yellow, with a spiral galaxy above them. To that spiral's upper left are another hazy yellow galaxy and an edge-on spiral galaxy. Against the black background of space, more distant galaxies shine, along with some foreground stars. Image credit: Image: NASA, J. English (U. Manitoba), S. Hunsberger, S. Zonak, J. Charlton, S. Gallagher (PSU), and L. Frattare (STScI); Science: NASA, C. Palma, S. Zonak, S. Hunsberger, J. Charlton, S. Gallagher, P. Durrell (The Pennsylvania State University) and J. English (University of Manitoba) #Hubble35 #NASA #Hubble #space #science #galaxy #universe #cosmos #telescope #astronomy

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