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Astronomy Picture from 15/07/2024

The Tadpole Galaxy from Hubble

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240715.htm<a href="/hashtag/TadpoleGalaxy" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#TadpoleGalaxyl#Arp188 #GalacticTailc#HubbleLegacyArchivey#Spacee#Astronomys#Cosmologyo#GalaxyInteractione#TidalForcesa#DeepSpaceeepSpace
Stunning image of the Tadpole Galaxy (Arp 188), a spiral galaxy with a massive 280,000 light-year long tail, created by a gravitational interaction with another galaxy. The image, from the Hubble Legacy Archive, shows bright blue star clusters in the tail and a distant intruder galaxy visible in the upper right. The Tadpole Galaxy is located 420 million light-years away in the constellation Draco.
June 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM