The galaxy merger Arp-Madore 417-391 steals the spotlight in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope
The telescope used its Advanced Camera for Surveys to snap this scene and the ESA said that the instrument is optimized to hunt for galaxies and galaxy clusters in the ancient universe. The Arp-Madore catalog is a collection of strange galaxies spread across the southern sky. The photo comes from a selection of Hubble observations that are designed to create a list of intriguing targets for follow-up observations with the international James Webb Space Telescope and other ground-based telescopesAn astronaut aboard the space shuttle Atlantis captured this image of the Hubble Space Telescope on May 19, 2009