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Once a serene, flat spiral disk, the stars of NGC 2936 have been thrown into disarray due to the gravitational forces unleashed by the neighboring galaxy, NGC 2937. The elegant spiral structure is distorted, and interstellar gas stretches out into immense tails. During their encounter, gas and dust from the heart of NGC 2936 become compressed, igniting a flurry of new star formation. Brilliant blue knots dot the distorted arms closest to the elliptical companion. In contrast, NGC 2937, the elliptical companion, appears as a sphere of stars with minimal gas or dust. While the gravitational tango with its neighbor may have influenced the orbits of its stars, the impact seems less pronounced. Arp 142 resides 326 million light-years away in the southern constellation Hydra. Above this galactic duo, an unrelated bluish galaxy, known as UGC 5130, catches our attention. It presents itself as an elongated irregular or possibly an edge-on spiral galaxy. Positioned 230 million light-years away, it lies closer to us than the colliding pair and remains unaffected by their interaction.
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