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Hoag's Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Benoit Blanco

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APOD: 2024 February 18 – Hoags Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy

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Ostfriesin
Ostfriesin
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✨The universe is just so beautiful!
What a shame we are not yet able
"to explore strange new worlds,
to seek out new life and new civilizations,
to boldly go where no one has gone before". 🚀 ✨

Maybe one day... ☄️

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Hen Gymro Heb Wlad
Hen Gymro Heb Wlad
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With another ring galaxy seen through it at the 7 o'clock position in this image.
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Uditt Lamba :verified:
Uditt Lamba :verified:
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I am more stunned by the number of galaxies in the background!
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bobby115
bobby115
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I’m not an astronomer nor any kind of celestial scientist but the gravity forces must be crazy weird in that type of galaxy.

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