Due to anticipated demand we have staged public WFC3 science images from programs: 11501, 11502, 11503, 11504, 11505, 11359, 11360, and 11563 please see this web page.

Merging and Interacting Galaxies

The HST 18th anniversary press release contains a large gallery of interacting and merging galaxies. In association with this press release, a small number of these objects have been made available as MAST High-Level Science Products (HLSP). Some other relatively recent press releases have featured other mergers, including Hubble's 19th anniversary image:

• Gallery, 18th anniv
  
• Arp 87
  
• Arp 147
  
• Arp 274^*
  
• Arp 194, 19th anniv

These data were originally acquired under HST programs 6276, 10592, 11091, 11092, 11095, 11956, and 11994.

^* A web-based poll was conducted and the public chose Arp 274 for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) "100 hours of astronomy" event: http://youdecide.hubblesite.org/

A README file describes the products and reduction steps for these data.

A list of the available data and previews for a target will be displayed when you click on either the target name or the image in the list below. You may also download the data via anonymous ftp:

ftp archive.stsci.edu (login as anonymous)
cd /pub/hlsp/merggal

Object Name Click on name to see table of files	Image from the Press Release	Original HST Program(s)	Associated Press Release
Arp 194		11956	HST 19th Anniversary April 21, 2009
Arp 274		11994	"Hubble Celebrates the International Year of Astronomy with the Galaxy Triplet Arp 274" April 3, 2009
Arp 147		11902	"Hubble Scores a Perfect Ten" October 30, 2008
NGC 6050		11095	"Cosmic Collisions Galore!" HST 18th Anniversary April 24, 2008
Arp 148		6276 10592 11091	"Cosmic Collisions Galore!" HST 18th Anniversary April 24, 2008
ESO 69 6		10592	"Cosmic Collisions Galore!" HST 18th Anniversary April 24, 2008
Arp 87		11092	"Dancing with the Stars" October 30, 2007