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Halton Arp Scientist

Halton Christian "Chip" Arp (March 21, 1927 – December 28, 2013) was an American astronomer. He was known for his 1966 Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, which (it was later realized) catalogues many examples of interacting and merging galaxies. Arp was also known as a critic of the Big Bang theory and for advocating a non-standard cosmology incorporating intrinsic redshift.

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Birth date	March 21, 1927
Date of death	December 28, 2013
Place of death	Munich
Education	California Institute of Technology
Known for	Non-standard cosmology Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies

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