facebook pixel
@nasa
Off-balance, on full display 💫    A spiral galaxy at a skewed angle dazzles in this NASAHubble image. But this is not your common spiral galaxy — this galaxy was cataloged as one of 338 odd galaxies in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies compiled by astronomer Halton Arp in 1966. Many of the galaxies are in the process of interacting with other galaxies, while others are dwarf galaxies without well-defined structures.    What made this galaxy earn its spot in the catalog? Its single broad, star-speckled spiral arm that appears to stretch toward us. The galaxy’s far side sports a few wisps of gas and stars, but it lacks a similarly impressive spiral arm.    Image description: A spiral galaxy seen at a skewed angle. Its center is a bright spot radiating light. A thick, stormy disk of material surrounds this bright center, with swirling strands of dark dust and bright spots of star formation strewn through the disk. A large spiral arm extends from the disk toward the viewer. Some foregroun...

 309.8k

 753

Credits
    Tags, Events, and Projects
    • nasa
    • hubble
    • space
    • galaxy
    • telescope
    • stars
    • astronomy