
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kellylepo@astrodon.social ("Kelly Lepo") wrote:
Need more galaxies in your feed? Of course you do.
Over the break I made @ArpBot, mostly because I thought the name "Arp Bot" was funny.
It posts an image of a galaxy in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies twice a day. Images are from the archives of professional observatories and the original 1966 catalog. I curated the images and wrote the image descriptions and most of the alt text.
Give it a follow!
Attachments:
- A grainy, black and white vertical image of two spiral galaxies next to each other. The galaxies are nebulous structures with denser arms shaped like spirals that meet at the centre of each galaxy. The galaxy at the bottom of the frame is face-on. The galaxy at the top of the frame is somewhat inclined, and they're almost touching. The image is sprinkled with white dots, which are stars. (remote)