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.

Halton Arp
Halton Arp in London, Oct 2000
Born	(1927-03-21)March 21, 1927 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	December 28, 2013(2013-12-28) (aged 86) Munich, Germany
Nationality	American
Alma mater	California Institute of Technology
Known for	Intrinsic redshift Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	Palomar Observatory Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Doctoral advisor	Walter Baade

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.

Arp died on December 28, 2013 in Munich. He died from a stroke, and he was aged 86.

Books

• Halton Arp (1989). Quasars, Redshifts and Controversies. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-36314-4.
• Halton Arp, Seeing Red, Aperion (August 1998) ISBN 0-9683689-0-5
• Halton Arp, Catalogue of Discordant Redshift Associations, Aperion (September 1, 2003) ISBN 0-9683689-9-9
• 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) ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7

Other websites

Media related to Halton Arp at Wikimedia Commons

• Halton Arp's Website
• Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies
• Arp's Catalog of Peculiar Galaxies website
• Detailed review of Seeing Red by Tom Van Flandern Archived 2013-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Electric Politics interview with Halton C. Arp (podcast) Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine