Object of the Week, June 15 2014: NGC 5544/5545, the “Exclamation Marc” Arp 199

[Dragan]

Uwe,

If I had ever thought of describing this object as an "exclamation mark", I may have written about it here at DSF. But unfortunately, I never submitted it as an OOTW as it was originally shown to me in 2003 with a different moniker, "The X-Rated Galaxy".

I really don't think I'll have to explain.....

[RolandosCY]

Uwe,

If I had ever thought of describing this object as an "exclamation mark", I may have written about it here at DSF. But unfortunately, I never submitted it as an OOTW as it was originally shown to me in 2003 with a different moniker, "The X-Rated Galaxy".

I really don't think I'll have to explain.....

I don't think I have ever had such a laugh with something written in an astronomy forum before!!!!
Jokes aside, it looks like a very interesting target for my 18"!!!

[Jimi Lowrey]

The fist place I read of Arp 199 called the X-Rated galaxy was at Adventures in Deep Space web site many years ago. Maybe Steve G will jump in here and tell us were the name came from.

Great drawing of this beautiful cosmic collision Uwe.

[Steve Gottlieb]

I had a feeling someone would reveal I was the culprit. I don't know, the name just came to me.

[Ciel Extreme]

THAT... is a superb drawing...