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APoD@botsin.space ("Astronomy Picture of the Day") wrote:

Hoag's Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Benoit Blanco

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240218.html #APOD

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• A nearly perfect circular ring of blue stars is seen against a dark field of small background galaxies. In the center of the ring is a ball of yellow stars. (remote)