An Un-peculiar Trio of Galaxies?: Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered

In 2009, HubbleSite let the public vote on an object to be observed by the Hubble Telescope. The world picked Arp 274, a trio of galaxies 400 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxies appeared at first to be overlapping, but may actually be distant from one another.

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Hubble Celebrates the International Year of Astronomy with the Galaxy Triplet Arp 274
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/14/

Hubble’s Next Discovery: You Decide
http://youdecide.hubblesite.org/