GO ASTRONOMY | 40 Most Peculiar Galaxies: Highlights from the Arp Atlas @goastronomy | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
In 1966, Alton Arp produced the "Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies", which lists 388 galaxies that are merging, colliding, cannabilizing, grouping together, or are unusual in shape...in a word, peculiar.

Enjoy 40 of the most notable and stunning Arp galaxies from the atlas:

Arp 55 - The Grasshopper
Arp 76 (M90)
Arp 77
Arp 81
Arp 85 - Whirlpool Galaxy
Arp 87
Arp 116
Arp 120 - The Eyes
Arp 142
Arp 147
Arp 148 - Mayall's Object
Arp 153 - Centaurus A
Arp 154
Arp 157
Arp 186
Arp 188 - Tadpole Galaxy
Arp 193
Arp 194
Arp 195
Arp 226 - Atoms for Peace Galaxy
Arp 238
Arp 240
Arp 242 - Mice Galaxies
Arp 244 - Antennae Galaxies
Arp 248 - Wild's Triplet
Arp 256
Arp 269
Arp 270
Arp 271
Arp 272
Arp 273
Arp 281
Arp 286
Arp 293
Arp 297
Arp 299
Arp 302 - Exclamation Point Galaxy
Arp 317 - Leo Triplet
Arp 319 - Stephan's Quartet
Arp 320 - Copeland Septet
Arp 331

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