The Tadpole galaxy by Hubble, Its eye-catching tail is about 280,000 light-years long. Also known as UGC 10214 and Arp 188, it is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 420 million light-years from Earth in the northern constellation Draco. Credit Image: NASA/ESA/HST/STScI. Submitted by Davicho77 t3_116mx7u on February 19, 2023 at 8:22 PM in space 120 comments 3,186
PlutoDelic t1_j99esfc wrote on February 20, 2023 at 6:49 AM Safe to assume this is caused by a merge? This is incredible, first time seeing it. Permalink 1
The Tadpole galaxy by Hubble, Its eye-catching tail is about 280,000 light-years long. Also known as UGC 10214 and Arp 188, it is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 420 million light-years from Earth in the northern constellation Draco. Credit Image: NASA/ESA/HST/STScI.
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