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GALACTIC TUTU

The peculiar galaxy called Hoag's Object, shown here in a Hubble Space Telescope image, may have created its ring all by itself. Credit: NASA, Hubble Heritage Team/STScI/AURA

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  • If you look at the wiki article on Hoag,s Object, and expand the photo, it looks as if there could be another Hoag galaxy at approximately 12:30 o'clock. It appears to have a thin ring around it.
    Dragon Dragon
    Sep. 8, 2011 at 10:39am
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