Meet Hoags Object - A Ring Galaxy
Let's explore Hoag's Object, a ring galaxy that looks like a doughnut that's 100,000 light years across.
Here's a Hubble Space Telescope image of a ring galaxy called Hoag's Object.
An outer ring of white stars encloses a center of red stars, with empty blackness dividing the two groupings.
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Photo Credits: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
Hoag's Object is about 100,000 light years across, and is about 600 million light years away from Earth.
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