Post #384

✨Galactic Wings ✨ The Angel Wing — a nickname given to the two merging galaxies in the VV-689 system — is this week’s #HubbleFriday. The galactic interaction has left the VV-689 system almost completely symmetrical, giving the impression of a vast set of galactic wings. This angelic portrait comes from a set of Hubble observations that took a closer look at “Zoo Gems,” interesting galaxies from the Galaxy Zoo citizen science project. Roughly 18,000 public votes selected these Gems for detailed follow-up observations with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys.