Halton Arp
✓ Source-basedfallingAstronomer from the United States (1927-2013)
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Halton Christian "Chip" Arp was an American astronomer. He is remembered for his 1966 book Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, which catalogued unusual-looking galaxies and presented their images.
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![Arp 230, also known as IC 51, observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.[5]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Potw1504a.tif/lossy-page1-500px-Potw1504a.tif.jpg)
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Maarten SchmidtAlso won Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
George David BirkhoffAlso won Newcomb Cleveland PrizeDavid E. ReichAlso won Newcomb Cleveland Prize
John N. BahcallAlso won Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
Geoffrey BurbidgeAlso won Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
Margaret GellerAlso won Newcomb Cleveland PrizeAbout this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2013 · aged 86
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