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Image of Arp 147, also known as IC 298, from the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Halton Arp (1966).

In the original catalog, it was in the category: Amorphous galaxies - Associated rings. The clumpy ring in the galaxy on the right likely formed when the companion galaxy to the left crashed through its center.

Source: ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Ar…

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A grainy, black-and-white image of two ring-like galaxies. On the left is a galaxy with a bright core surrounded by a ring. There is a gap between the core and ring where the black background of space shows through. The galaxy is tilted so that the circular ring appears oval-shaped. On the right is a another circular galaxy, made mostly of a ring of bright dots, which are star clusters. The center of the ring is empty and the black background of space shows through. Together, the galaxies look like the number 10.

ARP Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies

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