Sunny Priyan
Hubble captured the dazzling spiral galaxy, called Arp 184 or NGC 1961, a warped beauty 190 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis (The Giraffe).
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The name Arp 184 comes from the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies compiled by astronomer Halton Arp in 1966. It holds 338 oddly shaped galaxies.
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Arp 184 earned its spot in the catalog thanks to its single broad, star-speckled spiral arm that appears to stretch toward us.
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This Hubble image of Arp 184 blends data from three Snapshot programs, captured in brief gaps between other observations.
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The program surveyed galaxies from Halton Arp’s peculiar galaxy catalogs, including both his Atlas and the southern catalogue co-authored with Barry Madore.
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Arp 184, home to four supernovae in 30 years, is a key target for Snapshot programs studying the violent aftermath of cosmic events.
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