This is a picture of the Arp 78 galaxy taken by the Gemini North telescope on the island of Hawaii.
Arp 78 is a peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries.
Peculiar galaxies are galaxies that change shape and size due to the gravitational pull of other galaxies.
The name Arp is derived from the name of the astronomer Halton Arp. In 1966, he published a catalog of atlas of peculiar galaxies, including 338 mutated galaxies.
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