Image:Hoag's object.jpg

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Summary

An image of Hoag's Object, a non-typical galaxy of the type known as a ring galaxy, discovered in 1950 by astronomer Art Hoag, who initially thought it to be a planetary nebula. Serendipitously, from the perspective of our solar system what appears to be an even more distant ring galaxy is plainly visible within the gap between this galaxy's central body of mostly yellow stars and the outer ring of blue stars.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	13:17, 2 January 2007	1,521×1,489 (401 KB)	Kalki
	19:37, 3 March 2006	350×343 (9 KB)	Centaurus	( Category:Galaxies)

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Image title	IDL TIFF file
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	253 dpi
Vertical resolution	253 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop 7.0
File change date and time	14:04, 20 August 2002
Colour space	65535

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