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:
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 |