A Ring Galaxy
Posted in Astronomy at 12:00 on 5 December 2019
From Astronomy Picture of the Day for 27/11/19.
This is Hoag’s Object, in a newly reprocessed picture from the Hubble Space Telescope. How this unusual structure formed is something of a mystery. Remarkably within the dark part of the ring you can see another ring galaxy:-
Tags: APOD, Astronomy, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Hubble Space Telescope
