arpbot.bsky.social
Posting images of galaxies in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (1966). Automated account. Image curation, descriptions, typos, and most alt text by astronomer @kellylepo.bsky.social. See posts for credits and links to the original sources.
👤 Joined on 07 December 2024
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@arpbot.bsky.socialThis isn’t even the best part of MUSE. MUSE is an array of optic fibres that generate spectra for every pixel in this image and while you can “make” an image out of this data, the real power is seeing velocities or isolating particular emission lines to find hidden structures.
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Show PostTaking a look with Celestron Origin, I was struck at the very thin and slightly warped edge-on galaxy IC 2233 to the south.
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