Arp Bot 🤖
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Posting images of galaxies in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (1966). Automated account. Image curation, descriptions, typos, and most alt text by human astronomer @KellyLepo. See posts for image credits and links to the original sources.
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Spitzer image of Arp 188, also known as the Tadpole Galaxy.
The Tadpole is a result of a recent galactic interaction. A small intruder galaxy distorted the larger galaxy's shape, creating a 280,000 light-year-long tail of stars and gas.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/C. Lonsdale (IPAC/Caltech), SWIRE Team
Source: https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/image/sig05-019b-spitzer-swire-view-of-the-tadpole-galaxy
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