New pics have been taken (212 million light years away)

Can you guess why it is named that?  If you are a serious history buff it was somewhat ironically given that name in the 1950s.  Eisenhower at the time was discussing nuclear physics and news about the galaxy was making headlines at the same time:

NGC 7252, also known as LEDA 68612 or Arp 226, is a 12.7 magnitude peculiar galaxy in the constellation Aquarius.

It is about 212 million light-years distant and almost 200,000 light years across.

The galaxy has an odd nickname. In December 1953, President Eisenhower gave a speech that was dubbed Atoms for Peace.

The theme was promoting nuclear power for peaceful purposes – a particularly hot topic at the time.

Let’s check out this potentialy “unpeaceful” galaxy in the video on page 2

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