Halton Arp

Halton Christian "Chip" Arp  (March 21, 1927 – December 28, 2013) was an American astronomer. He was known for his Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, published in 1966. It has  many examples of interacting and merging galaxies.  Arp was also known as a critic of the Big Bang theory.

Arp was born on March 21, 1927 in New York City. He studied at the California Institute of Technology. Arp was married three times. He had four daughters.

He was elected a foreign member of the Academia Europaea in 1996.

Arp died on December 28, 2013 in Munich. He died from a stroke, and he was aged 86.Big-bang-defying giant of astronomy passes away

Books

 Halton Arp, Seeing Red,  Aperion (August 1998) 
 Halton Arp, Catalogue of Discordant Redshift Associations, Aperion (September 1, 2003) 
 G. Burbidge, E.M. Burbidge, H.C. Arp, W.M. Napier: Ultraluminous X-ray Sources, High Redshift QSOs and Active Galaxies.
 J. Kanipe, D. Webb The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, A Chronicle and Observer's Guide, Willmann-Bell Inc. (2006) 

References

Other websites

 Halton Arp's Website
 Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies
 Arp's Catalog of Peculiar Galaxies website
 Detailed review of Seeing Red by Tom Van Flandern 
 Electric Politics interview with Halton C. Arp (podcast) 

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