Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  PGC 2502068  ·  PGC 2503300  ·  PGC 57108  ·  PGC 57129
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Arp 188, Peter Goodhew
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Arp 188 is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 420 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Draco. Its most dramatic feature is a massive trail of stars about 280,000 light-years long; the size of the galaxy has been attributed to a merger with a smaller galaxy that is believed to have occurred about 100 million years ago.

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Arp 188, Peter Goodhew

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