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Hubble image of Arp 283, also known as NGC 2798 and NGC 2799.

The left galaxy in this interacting pair, NGC 2799, is viewed edge-on. A bridge of star forming regions appears to connect it to its companion on the right, NGC 2798. NGC 2798 has two broad smooth spiral arms or tails without obvious clumps, made of mostly older, yellow stars.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, SDSS, J. Dalcanton, J. Schmidt
Source: esahubble.org/images/potw2042a/

A pair of interacting galaxies. The galaxy on the left is seen edge-on. It has a bright yellow central core and a slightly warped blue disk that is dotted with star clusters and clumps of dark dust. The edge of the disk arcs to the right, appearing to connect to its companion galaxy. The second galaxy is inclined, but seen closer to face-on. It has a central bar of blue-ish stars that is largely obscured by a haze of yellow stars and dust lanes in the circular core of the galaxy. Two spiral arms emerge from the core, which are wide, poorly defined, and mostly made of yellow older stars, which is unusual for a spiral galaxy.
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Image of Arp 317, also known as the Leo Triplet, from the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Halton Arp (1966).

In the original catalog, it was in the category: Double and multiple galaxies - Groups. This small group of galaxies consists of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 3628 at lower right, and the nearly face-on spirals M66 at upper right and M65 at upper left.

Source: ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Ar

A lower-res black and white image of three widely separated galaxies on the black background of space. The bright parts of the galaxy are overexposed, so you do not see very many interior details of the galaxies. The galaxy at the upper left is an edge-on spiral, seen as a wide, bright line with a dark dust lane going through the middle. The galaxy at lower left is a spiral galaxy, seen as a bright oval. The galaxy at lower right is a nearly face-on spiral, seen as a bright oval.
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JWST NIRCam image of Arp 142, also known as NGC 2936 and NGC 2937, or the Penguin and the Egg.

In this wide view, we see the Penguin (laying on its back) and the Egg, and the foreground edge-on spiral PGC 1237172. There are also a large number of distant galaxies, some seen as tiny spirals and ellipticals, and many appearing as dots.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Source: webbtelescope.org/contents/med

Arp 142, two interacting galaxies, take up less than a third of the frame. At the top is NGC 2937, nicknamed the Egg. Its center is brighter and whiter. There are six diffraction spikes atop its gauzy blue layers. At the center is NGC 2936, nicknamed the Penguin. In this view it is resting on its back, facing up. 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 thin red 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 bottom center-right is another galaxy seen from the side, pointing at an angle. It is largely light blue. Its length appears approximately as long as the Egg’s height. There are several foreground stars with large, bright blue diffraction spikes. The wide black background is filled with tiny, extremely distant galaxies.
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GALEX and SDSS image of Arp 285, also known as NGC 2854 and NGC 2856.

The left image from GALEX shows Arp 285 in ultraviolet light. The right image is from the visible light Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

The upper galaxy, NGC 2856, has a clumpy tail perpendicular to its disk, an example of a “beads on a string” feature. Gravity creates knots of star formation at regular intervals.

Credit: Fig. 12 from Smith et al. 2010.
Source: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

A two-panel image. The left panel is labeled Arp 285 GALEX. A scale bar marks 1 arcminute, which is about 1/8 the width of the frame. The panel shows a low-res image of a pair of interacting galaxies in shades of grey. The galaxy in the top left is oval-shaped and has a line extends above the galaxy, extending perpendicular to its disk. The galaxy in the lower right has two spiral arms. It has a brighter patch off-center in the core near the lower spiral arm. A bright foreground star appears as a red dot with four diffraction spikes in the upper right. The right panel is labeled Arp 285 SDSS and has a similar 1 arcminute scale bar. It shows the same galaxies at the same scale and is higher resolution. The galaxy in the top left has a bright yellow disk seen at a slight angle so that it appears oval-shaped. It's spiral arms are fainter and hard to see detail. A thin, blue, clumpy line extends above the galaxy, perpendicular to its disk. The galaxy in the lower right has a strong bar and two spiral arms, forming a distinct S shape. The bar is brighter and yellow-ish. The arms are bluer. A bright foreground star appears as a dot in the upper right.
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Chandra image of Arp 220, also known as IC 4553.

The merger of two spiral galaxies set of a burst of star formation in Arp 220.

This X-ray image shows the location of the hottest gas in the galaxy merger. The central bright point contains the remnant cores of the two galaxies, which are about 1,200 light-years apart.

Credit: NASA, CXC, SAO, L. Frattare, J. Major
Source: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024

An abstract, blobby, purple area of hot X-ray gas. In the center is a somewhat extended bright point. Areas of fainter gas extend roughly horizontally to the left and right. Below the extended central point is a smaller bright point, likely a smaller black hole or neutron star in the galaxy, or a background supermassive black hole.
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Spitzer, Hubble, and Chandra image of Arp 26, also known as M101 or the Pinwheel Galaxy.

In the infrared light Spitzer view we see a network of yellow-green of dust lanes. In the visible light Hubble view, the dust is dark and blue star clusters dot the spiral arms. In the X-ray Chandra view, we see million-degree gas, supernova remnants, neutron stars, and black holes.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, JPL, Caltech, STScI
Source: spitzer.caltech.edu/image/ssc2

A three-panel image, showing Spitzer, Hubble, and Chandra views of the same Spiral Galaxy M101. On the left is the Spitzer view. From a small central core, several arms spiral clockwise. They are defined by a network of yellow-green filamentary dust lanes, which look somewhat like a cross section of a nautilus. The arms are dotted with pink star-forming regions and filled in with a haze of blue stars. One spiral arm curls from about 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock and is mostly separated from the body of the galaxy. The other spiral arms are less distinct. In the middle is the Hubble view. A face-on spiral galaxy has a yellow core. Several spiral arms, dotted with blue stars and star clusters, spiral clockwise around the core. They are crossed by filamentary dust lanes. The arms are somewhat well-defined but asymmetric. One arm curls from about 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock and is mostly separated from the body of the galaxy. Another arm follows more closely to the core, from about 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock. Three other arms cover the area from 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock. On the right is the Chandra view. In this panel, blue and purple splotches partially define spiral arms. These arms are smaller and less distinct than in the other views. White dots are scattered throughout the image, including a concentration of points at the galaxy's core. Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, JPL, Caltech, STScI. ssc2009-03b
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Hubble image of Arp 284, also known as NGC 7714 and NGC 7715.

In this image of NGC 7714, we see a golden loop of of Sun-like stars that has been separated from the young, blue stars in the arms and bar of the galaxy. They were pulled like taffy during a close encounter with its companion galaxy, NGC 7715 (out of frame), about 100 million to 200 million years ago.

Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Gal-Yam
Source: hubblesite.org/contents/media/

The galaxy is offset on the left side of the frame. Its center is a bright white-blue. From the center extends a wispy tan spiral arm, first going toward the top and then circling counterclockwise before dissipating just below the center of the galaxy. Two bright blue spiral arms, dotted with whiter areas of star formation, follow a similar counterclockwise path, but the blue spiral arms end in thin, dim lines that extend to the left side of the image, going off frame, and toward the right. There are tiny red background galaxies along the top third of the frame, and one prominent foreground star toward the bottom third.
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Gemini North image of Arp 336, also known as NGC 2685 or the Helix Galaxy.

NGC 2685 is a polar ring galaxy. It has a ring of gas, stars, and dust that orbits perpendicular to the plane of the galaxy. This structure likely formed through an interaction which captured material from another galaxy.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, L. Bassino
Source: noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw

A lenticular galaxy has an pale yellow central core that forms a fuzzy bar structure. Surrounding this is an almond-shaped area with bluer stars and star clusters. Together, they somewhat resemble an eye. Several brown, slightly curved dust lanes cross the galaxy vertically on its left half. The black background of space is dotted with stars and smaller galaxies.
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Image of Arp 284, also known as NGC 7714 and NGC 7715, from the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Halton Arp (1966).

In the original catalog, it was in the category: Double and multiple galaxies - Infall and attraction. NGC 7714 (bottom) and NGC 7715 (top) had a close encounter about 100 million to 200 million years ago. This created a bridge between the galaxies and a loop of stars extending from NGC 7714.

Source: ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Ar

A grainy, black and white image of two interacting galaxies. The top galaxy is seen edge-on, forming an almost vertical line. It's bright central core extends into a bridge of stars and star clusters that connects to it's companion below. The bottom galaxy is a disrupted spiral seen almost face-on. It has two spiral arms that are dotted with bright star clusters. A third spiral overlaps partially with the top spiral arm and loops counter-clockwise down, extending beyond the galaxy in a faint trail. Just off frame is what appears to be a bright star, which shines light into the left half of the image and creates a circular reflection artifact on the right half of the image. A few white dots, which are stars, are seen on the black background.
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Hubble image of Arp 298, also known as NGC 7469 and IC 5283.

NGC 7469, a face-on spiral galaxy, and its companion galaxy IC 5283, seen to the upper left, form an interacting pair.

IC 5283 shows signs of significant gravitational perturbations caused by its companion, including a tidal tail dotted with young, blue star clusters that trails off to the right.

Credit: ESA, NASA, A. Evans, R. Chandar
Source: esahubble.org/images/potw2208a/

The image is dominated by a pair of galaxies, a large, face-on spiral to the lower left and its smaller companion galaxy to the upper right. The galaxy has a bright pink-white central core that is surrounded by a wide, yellow bar. Several somewhat poorly defined spiral arms begin at the edge of the bar, made of blue stars and star clusters. They are dotted with pink star-forming regions and crossed by brown dust lanes primarily on the right side of the galaxy closer to the companion galaxy. A foreground star with Hubble's characteristic 4-pointed diffraction spikes sits on top of one of the arms to the upper left. The companion galaxy sits above and to the right of the large spiral. It appears to be a distorted, almost edge-on disk galaxy. It has an elongated oval shape of yellow stars, sitting diagonally, roughly parallel to the bar of the large spiral. Brown dust lanes cross the center of the oval, dotted with pink star-forming regions. Below the galaxy is a line of stars and gas that trails off down and to the right. In the center of the tail are bright blue dots, which are young star clusters. Several smaller background galaxies and foreground stars appear on the black background of space.
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