APOD: 2021 June 21 - The Tadpole Galaxy from Hubble

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Monday, June 21, 2021 entitled "The Tadpole Galaxy from Hubble."
Since tadpole is a juvenile frog development stage,... )

1. I am reminded of the plague of frogs recorded in Exodus 8:3-4 ESV 'The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls. The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.”’”
2. The LORD has a great sense of humor. HE ridiculed the Egyptian fertility goddess Heqet represented in the form of a frog.

Image: The Tadpole Galaxy from Hubble - Image Credit - Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Amal Biju

APOD Background
"Explanation: Why does this galaxy have such a long tail? In this stunning vista, based on image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive, distant galaxies form a dramatic backdrop for disrupted spiral galaxy Arp 188, the Tadpole Galaxy. The cosmic tadpole is a mere 420 million light-years distant toward the northern constellation of the Dragon (Draco). Its eye-catching tail is about 280 thousand light-years long and features massive, bright blue star clusters. One story goes that a more compact intruder galaxy crossed in front of Arp 188 - from right to left in this view - and was slung around behind the Tadpole by their gravitational attraction. During the close encounter, tidal forces drew out the spiral galaxy's stars, gas, and dust forming the spectacular tail. The intruder galaxy itself, estimated to lie about 300 thousand light-years behind the Tadpole, can be seen through foreground spiral arms at the upper right. Following its terrestrial namesake, the Tadpole Galaxy will likely lose its tail as it grows older, the tail's star clusters forming smaller satellites of the large spiral galaxy."

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Definitely a great rendition of a Tadpole Maj William W. 'Bill' Price , have a great Monday sir.

Following its terrestrial namesake, the Tadpole Galaxy will likely lose its tail as it grows older, the tail's star clusters forming smaller satellites of the large spiral galaxy.
Geography of the universe...like here, nothing stays the same...
Good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price