A near-infrared image of the peculiar galaxy Arp 220 from the Hubble Space Telescope. More luminous than 100 Milky Ways and radiating most of its energy in the infrared, Arp 220 is a ULIRG. It is likely the result of a collision of 2 spiral galaxies.

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medium (100K) - 536 x 537 JPEG
large (14.2MB) - 2232 X 2236 TIFF


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