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Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning bridge of stars - Space.com

Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning bridge of stars - Space.com

Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning bridge of stars - Space.com
Nov 28, 2022 58 secs

The tidal tail of Wild's Triplet dazzles in new Hubble photo.

Stretching like a celestial bridge across space, Arp 248 — also known as Wild's Triplet — is a spectacular sight for keen-eyed astronomers.

The Hubble Space Telescope offers a new view of the mesmerizing trio in a photo released on Oct 31 that shows the dynamism of tidal tails at play, according to a statement (opens in new tab) from the European Space Agency, a partner on the mission.

In the new image, a tidal tail from one of the two foreground galaxies appears to connect the pair of galaxies, while the third galaxy in Wild's triplet is just outside of the frame of the Hubble photo.

The two foreground galaxies in Wild's Triplet are located about 200 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.

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The Wild's Triplet photo comes from its Advanced Camera for Surveys, which is searching for potential candidates for follow-up observation using more sophisticated instruments, like the James Webb Space Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile.

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