already existing images and descriptions of the possible targets are available at youdecide.hubblesite.org, where you can also vote by March 1st! the choices:
NGC 6634 - star forming region
NGC 6072 - planetary nebula
NGC 5172 - spiral galaxy
NGC 4289 - edge-on spiral galaxy
Arp 274 - interacting galaxies
NGC 40 - planetary nebula
NGC 4289 - edge-on spiral galaxy
Arp 274 - interacting galaxies
NGC 40 - planetary nebula
i'm biased in opinion as i study galaxies and think interacting galaxies are incredibly exciting, but i would be happy to see hubble's view of any of the objects listed above.
i will leave you with a great compilation of cosmic collisions previously captured by the hubble space telescope, which now sits as my desktop background:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJf6P9Re_luPNFPjSmLzs4JeeQWGaUZ5Pa0j7O2x9vIZWr5wImjiDNs1GQq_dBBjbIK5P5j0SrMwx8Ey-1u-IANA_fKSkMJK9c1QiZW85-099jEZoPdnPlj51xKhlHo8rfnsGfvQ/s400/interacting_galaxies_smaller.jpg)
thanks to the astronomy blog for the tip.
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