Pan of Merging Galaxy Pair II ZW 96 | James Webb Space Telescope
A merging galaxy pair cavort in this image captured by the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope. This pair of galaxies, known to astronomers as II ZW 96, is roughly 500 million light-years from Earth and lies in the constellation Delphinus, close to the celestial equator. As well as the wild swirl of the merging galaxies, a menagerie of background galaxies are dotted throughout the image.
Image Description: A galaxy merger lies in the center of this image. The cores of the galaxies, colored blue, are below-center. They are surrounded by red star-forming regions which stretch up through and above the center. Faint yellow diffraction spikes appear in the middle. The lower galaxy is a mostly regular spiral shape, while the upper galaxy has been distorted heavily. The background is black, and covered with many tiny galaxies throughout the scene.
Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Webb, NASA, Canadian Space Agency (CSA), L. Armus, A. Evans, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
Duration: 30 seconds
Release Date: Nov. 30, 2022
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