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Wall Art Canvas Print of Arp 220 galactic merger captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telscope with its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). Shining like a brilliant beacon amidst a sea of galaxies, Arp 220 lights up the night sky in this view from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Actually two spiral galaxies in the process of merging, Arp 220 glows brightest in infrared light, making it an ideal target for Webb. It is an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) with a luminosity of more than a trillion suns. In comparison, our Milky Way galaxy has a much more modest luminosity of about ten billion suns. Located 250 million light-years away in the constellation of Serpens, the Serpent, Arp 220 is the 220th object in Halton Arp’s Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. It is the nearest ULIRG and the brightest of the three galactic mergers closest to Earth. The collision of the two spiral galaxies began about 700 million years ago. It sparked an enormous burst of star formation. About 200 huge star clusters reside in a packed, dusty region about 5,000 light-years across (about 5 percent of the Milky Way's diameter). The amount of gas in this tiny region is equal to all of the gas in the entire Milky Way galaxy. Previous radio telescope observations revealed about 100 supernova remnants in an area of less than 500 light-years. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uncovered the cores of the parent galaxies 1,200 light-years apart. Each of the cores has a rotating, star-forming ring blasting out the dazzling infrared light so apparent in this Webb view. This glaring light creates diffraction spikes — the starburst feature that dominates this image. CREDITS NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI * Image may have been altered to fit our standard product offerings.
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  • Ready to hang, saw-tooth hanger on the back!
  • Poly/cotton canvas with satin finish
  • Gallery Wrap - mirrored edges prevent image loss to the sides
  • Giclee artwork, printed at high resolution on museum quality canvas
  • Up to 300 yr fade resistance under archival conditions *
  • 12 color genuine Epson Ultrachrome PRO pigment Inks
  • 2:1 weave, 350gsm, 18mil canvas
  • Acid and OBA (optical brightening agent) free canvas
  • Stretched on 1.5", kiln-dried wood stretcher bars.
  • Back Stapled Canvas
  • Single Panel or Multi Panel Split (see size details)
  • Made In USA
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