Arp 142, NGC 2396/2397

326 million light-years (100 megaparsecs)

The image was created from Hubble data from proposal 12812: Hubble Heritage Team: PI: Z. Levay, M. Mutchler, L. Frattare, J. Sokol, J. Mack, T. Borders, W. Januszewski, M. Livio, and C. Christian (STScI); and K. Noll (NASA/GSFC).

F475W (g), F606W (V), and F814W (I)

NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA)

This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3/UVIS instruments. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are:

Blue: F475W (g)
Green: F606W (V)
Red: F814W (I)