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Hoag’s Object is a rare ring galaxy located over 600 million light-years from Earth.
A nearly perfect circle full of young blue stars surrounds a spheroid of mostly older red giant stars. In between is a gap that appears almost completely empty.
Delightfully distinctive.
📸 Credit: NASA/STScl/AURA
A nearly perfect circle full of young blue stars surrounds a spheroid of mostly older red giant stars. In between is a gap that appears almost completely empty.
Delightfully distinctive.
📸 Credit: NASA/STScl/AURA
December 15, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Hoag’s Object is a rare ring galaxy located over 600 million light-years from Earth.
A nearly perfect circle full of young blue stars surrounds a spheroid of mostly older red giant stars. In between is a gap that appears almost completely empty.
Delightfully distinctive.
📸 Credit: NASA/STScl/AURA
A nearly perfect circle full of young blue stars surrounds a spheroid of mostly older red giant stars. In between is a gap that appears almost completely empty.
Delightfully distinctive.
📸 Credit: NASA/STScl/AURA