2MASX J09133888-1019196

2MASX J09133888-1019196 are a pair of interacting galaxies located in the constellation of Hydra. It is located 735 million light-years from the Solar System.

Characteristics
2MASX J09133888-1019196 has a distorted appearance due to the gravity interactions and there is a gap distance of 130,000 light-years between the galaxies, meaning they are beginning to merge. 2MASX J09133888-1019196 is considered as a luminous infrared galaxy which is unusual for such early stages of interacting galaxies. It is possibly powered by starbursts with high star formation rates, exceeding 100 M⊙ yr−1, that is combined with contribution from an active galactic nucleus. It is also likely that one or both galaxies might have experienced merging or interacted in the past. Both galaxies have supermassive black holes lurking in their cores. According to SIMBAD, 2MASX J09133888-1019196 is described as Seyfert 2 galaxy, hence its reason for having high luminosity.