spitzer_ssc2019-03c February 27th, 2019
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This image shows two merging galaxies known as Arp 302, also called VV 340. In these images, different colors correspond to different wavelengths of infrared light. Blue and green are wavelengths both strongly emitted by stars. Red is a wavelength mostly emitted by dust.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6574-ssc2019-03c-Galaxy-Merger-Arp-302
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
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