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JWST NIRCam and MIRI image of Arp 142, also known as NGC 2936, NGC 2937, and UGC 5130, or the Penguin and the Egg.

The Penguin is a spiral galaxy whose shape has been distorted by the gravity of the elliptical Egg galaxy. The two are about 100,000 light-years apart and completed a close pass between 25 and 75 million years ago.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2024/124/01J06XYGEDEE86D1H9N5EJ9EG0

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Arp 142, two interacting galaxies, observed in near- and mid-infrared light. At left is NGC 2937, nicknamed the Egg. Its center is brighter and whiter. There are six diffraction spikes atop its gauzy blue layers. At right is NGC 2936, nicknamed the Penguin. Its beak-like region points toward and above the Egg. Where the eye would be is a small, opaque yellow spiral. The Penguin’s distorted arms and orange dust lanes from the bird’s beak, back, and tail. The tail is wide and layered, like a beta fish’s tail. A semi-transparent blue hue traces the Penguin and extends from the galaxy, creating an upside-down U over top of both galaxies. At top right is another galaxy seen from the side, pointing roughly at a 45-degree angle. It is largely light blue. Its length appears approximately as long as the Egg’s height. One foreground star with large, bright blue diffraction spikes appears over top of the galaxy and another near it. The entire black background is filled with tiny, extremely distant galaxies.

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@ArpBot@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

Hubble image of Arp 220, also known as IC 4553.

Arp 220 is the aftermath of a collision between two spiral galaxies. The collision set off a burst of star formation, creating star clusters seen as bluish-white bright knots in this image.

This image is part of a collection of 59 images of merging galaxies released to celebrate Hubble's 18th anniversary in 2008.

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Evans
Source: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/hubble-interacting-galaxy-arp-220/

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An irregularly shaped galaxy fills most of the frame. The center is brighter, filled with a blue-white haze of stars that backlights a horizontal band of brown dust. Another area to the left of the core, almost as bright as the center is filled with a similar haze of stars and dotted with blue star clusters. To the right, the galaxy is less bright and more transparent. A faint hazy line extends almost vertically from the top of the galaxy. The black background of space is filled with stars and tiny background galaxies.

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Hubble Interacting Galaxy Arp 220

Arp 220 appears to be a single, odd-looking galaxy, but is in fact a nearby example of the aftermath of a collision between two spiral galaxies. It is the brightest of the three galactic mergers closest to Earth, about 250 million light-years away in the constellation of...

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@ArpBot@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

Hubble image of Arp 220, also known as IC 4553.

Arp 220 is the aftermath of a collision between two spiral galaxies. The collision set off a burst of star formation, creating star clusters seen as bluish-white bright knots in this image.

This image is part of a collection of 59 images of merging galaxies released to celebrate Hubble's 18th anniversary in 2008.

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Evans
Source: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/hubble-interacting-galaxy-arp-220/

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Hubble Interacting Galaxy Arp 220

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@ArpBot@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

JWST NIRCam and MIRI image of Arp 142, also known as NGC 2936, NGC 2937, and UGC 5130, or the Penguin and the Egg.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2024/124/01J06XYGEDEE86D1H9N5EJ9EG0

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@ArpBot@mastodon.social · 5 months ago

Image of Arp 274, also known as NGC 5679, from the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Halton Arp (1966).

In the original catalog, it was in the category: Double and multiple galaxies - Connected arms. NGC 5679 is a system of three interacting galaxies, the two large, overlapping spiral galaxies at center, and a smaller companion galaxy at the top.

Source: https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Arp69.html

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A grainy, black and white image of three overlapping galaxies. In the center are two large spiral galaxies. The larger one has a bright core. At the edge of the core, two spiral arms emerge. Star clusters dot the outer portion of the arm. The second spiral galaxy is below the first. It has a bright center, and a well-defined bar and two spiral arms. Together, the bar and arms form a sideways S-shape. The final galaxy in the triplet appears at the top of the frame. It is much smaller than its companions and has a blobby, irregular appearance. A few stars appear on the black background of space, including two large foreground stars, which appear to the left of the bottom galaxy.

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@ArpBot@mastodon.social · 5 months ago

Image of Arp 274, also known as NGC 5679, from the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Halton Arp (1966).

Source: https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Arp69.html

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@ArpBot@mastodon.social · 7 months ago

Hubble image of Arp 204, also known as UGC 8454.

This is likely at least two interacting galaxies connected by a long tidal tail. Encounters between the galaxies have distorted their shapes, making a somewhat puzzling mess.

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, J. Dalcanton, Judy Schmidt
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/geckzilla/48370370147/in/album-72157629527315128

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A greyscale image of at least two interacting galaxies. At left is what looks like an edge-on spiral galaxy, appearing as a thick white line dotted with star clusters, tilted up at a slight angle. Extending from the edge of the disk is a long, thinner line of star clusters and dust filaments that tilts down slightly. At the other end of the line is a hazy, irregular structure which extends above and below the line. This is followed by a thicker area of the line, which could also be a nearly edge-on spiral galaxy.

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@ArpBot@mastodon.social · 7 months ago

Hubble image of Arp 204, also known as UGC 8454.

This is likely at least two interacting galaxies connected by a long tidal tail. Encounters between the galaxies have distorted their shapes, making a somewhat puzzling mess.

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, J. Dalcanton, Judy Schmidt
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/geckzilla/48370370147/in/album-72157629527315128

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