Transforming Galaxy (2013)

This galaxy’s designation is SDSSJ162702.56+432833.9 (among other, equally long and obscure identifiers)

If you’d like to know more about it, I suggest you read the proposal abstract here because I can’t explain the image without simply plagiarizing it.

Data used:
hst_11643_08_wfc3_uvis_f438w_sci
hst_11643_08_wfc3_uvis_f625w_sci

Copyright information:
Hubble data is public domain. I do, however, request that you credit me for the processing of the image if you use it.

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