A Tour of Arp 142
This video tours Arp 142, an interacting galaxy pair affectionately known as the Penguin and the Egg that lies 326 million light-years from Earth.The journey begins and ends on a new mid- and near-infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope, and includes a brief fade to a visible light image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
The pair are separated by only 100,000 light-years — relatively close in astronomical terms. Our Milky Way galaxy and nearest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, are separated by about 2.5 million light-years. This tour spotlights what’s happened since they’ve interacted, including a blue haze that joins them.
Also look for contrasting views of the spiral galaxy at top right, which “disappears” in Webb’s mid-infrared view.
Credits:
Video: Danielle Kirshenblat (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Image: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency and Space Telescope Science Institute
Science: Christopher T. Britt, Macarena Garcia Marin (Space Telescope Science Institute)
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