Image of Arp 8, also known as NGC 497, from the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Halton Arp (1966).

In the original catalog, it was in the category: Spiral galaxies - Split arms. NGC 497 is a barred spiral galaxy about 370 million light years away in the constellation Cetus.

Source: https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Arp2.html

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