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Tadpole Galaxy

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Right ascension
  
16 06 03.9

Redshift
  
9401 ± 15 km/s

Type
  
SB(s)c pec

Magnitude
  
14.4

Apparent magnitude (V)
  
14.4

Declination
  
+55° 25′ 32″

Distance
  
400 Mly

Apparent size (V)
  
3′.6 × 0′.8

Constellation
  
Tadpole Galaxy SpitzerSWIRE View of the Tadpole Galaxy NASA Spitzer Space Telescope

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The Tadpole Galaxy is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 420 million light-years from Earth toward the northern constellation Draco. Its most dramatic features are a massive trail of stars about 280,000 light-years long; the size of the galaxy has been attributed to a Galaxy merger with a smaller galaxy which is believed to have occurred about 100 million years ago. The galaxy is filled with bright blue star clusters.

Tadpole Galaxy APOD 2010 September 26 Arp 188 and the Tadpoles Tidal Tail

It is hypothesized that a more compact intruder galaxy crossed in front of the Tadpole Galaxy—from left to right from the perspective of Earth—and was slung around behind the Tadpole by their mutual gravitational attraction. During this close encounter, tidal forces drew out the spiral galaxy's stars, gas, and dust, forming the conspicuous tail. The intruder galaxy itself, estimated to lie about 300 thousand light-years behind the Tadpole, can be seen through foreground spiral arms at the upper left. Following its terrestrial namesake, the Tadpole Galaxy will likely lose its tail as it grows older, the tail's star clusters forming smaller satellites of the large spiral galaxy.

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Tadpole Galaxy APOD 2012 November 8 Arp 188 and the Tadpole39s Tail

References

Tadpole Galaxy Wikipedia


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