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Random Astronomy Pictures OTD on Nostr: APOD from 2017-02-17 Polar Ring #Galaxy NGC 660 NGC 660, a polar ring galaxy in ...

APOD from 2017-02-17

Polar Ring #Galaxy NGC 660

NGC 660, a polar ring galaxy in Pisces over 40 million light-years away, may have formed its peculiar rings—filled with star-forming regions—from debris captured from another galaxy. These rings provide insights into the galaxy's dark matter halo.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170217.html

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