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3 Panel Split Wall Art Canvas Print of Interacting spiral galaxies Arp 142 captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telscope. If you enjoy science and space, then this Giclee print is great for home or office wall decor This “penguin party” is loud! The distorted spiral galaxy at center, the Penguin, and the compact elliptical galaxy at left, the Egg, are locked in an active embrace. A new near- and mid-infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope, taken to mark its second year of science, shows that their interaction is marked by a faint upside-down U-shaped blue glow. The pair, known jointly as Arp 142, made their first pass between 25 and 75 million years ago — causing “fireworks,” or new star formation, in the Penguin. In the most extreme cases, mergers can cause galaxies to form thousands of new stars per year, for a few million years. For the Penguin, research has shown that about 100 to 200 stars have formed per year. By comparison, our Milky Way galaxy (which is not interacting with a galaxy of the same size) forms roughly six to seven new stars per year. This gravitational shimmy also remade the Penguin’s appearance. Its coiled spiral arms unwound, and gas and dust were pulled in an array of directions, like it was releasing confetti. It is rare for individual stars to collide when galaxies interact (space is vast), but galaxies’ mingling disrupts stars’ orbits. Today, the Penguin’s galactic center looks like an eye set within a head, and the galaxy has prominent star trails that take the shape of a beak, backbone, and fanned-out tail. A faint, but prominent dust lane extends from its beak down to its tail. Despite the Penguin appearing far larger than the Egg, these galaxies have approximately the same mass. This is one reason why the smaller-looking Egg hasn’t yet merged with the Penguin. (If one was less massive, it may have merged earlier.) The oval Egg is filled with old stars, and little gas and dust, which is why it isn’t sending out “streamers” or tidal tails of its own and instead has maintained a compact oval shape. If you look closely, the Egg has four prominent diffraction spikes — the galaxy’s stars are so concentrated that it gleams. CREDITS NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI * Image may have been altered to fit our standard product offerings.
Specifications:
  • 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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