Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1961  ·  PGC 17659
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Arp 184, Gary Imm
Arp 184, Gary Imm

Arp 184

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Arp 184, Gary Imm
Arp 184, Gary Imm

Arp 184

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This object, also known as NGC 1961, is a spiral galaxy located 200 million light years away in the constellation of Camelopardalis at a declination of +69 degrees. This magnitude 11 galaxy spans 3.7 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 210,000 light years. It was classified by Dr. Arp into the category Galaxies – Narrow Filaments. The “filaments” are the narrow straight arms extending up and to the right out of the top side of the galaxy.

I love the chaotic disk structure of this galaxy. A yellow bright tight off-center core is surrounded by a dust cloud vortex. Dark dust lanes are visible below the core. Numerous HII regions and star clusters seen towards the left and bottom edges of the disk.

The disturbance seen in this galaxy could have been caused by the galaxy at top left (2MASX J05432302+6925516), which is about the same distance away from us.

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