This ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared composite image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the ULIRG IRAS 19297-0406. The collision of galaxies that formed this new galaxy has ignited a burst of star formation, producing about 200 new Sun-like stars every year—about 100 times the rate of star formation in the Milky Way.

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small (48K) - 450 x 463 JPEG
medium (172K) - 900 x 926 JPEG
large (2MB) - 2238 X 2304 JPEG


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