Arp 184, also known as NGC 1961, is a stunning yet asymmetrical spiral galaxy captured by NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Located about 190 million light-years away in the Camelopardalis constellation, it features a single, starry spiral arm and a rich history of supernovae. Included in Halton Arp’s Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, Arp 184 stands out due to its irregular structure and dynamic star formation. Hubble’s Snapshot programs targeted it for both its unusual shape and its relevance to stellar explosion studies.

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