Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)
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ESO350-40 the Cartwheel Galaxy, Stefano Pesci
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ESO350-40 the Cartwheel Galaxy

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ESO350-40 the Cartwheel Galaxy

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Image taken with T72 iTelescope, at Rio Hurtado, Chile, 5h integration LRGB.

One of the best examples of peculiar ring galaxy in the Southern Hemisphere, featured in the Catalogue of Southern Peculiar Galaxies Volume 2, by Halton Arp and Barry Madore. Below an image taken with the UK 48" Schmidt at Siding Spring on a blue plate, long before Hubble and JWST iconic images of this galaxy.

ESO350-40 UK 48 Schmidt.jpg

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ESO350-40 the Cartwheel Galaxy, Stefano Pesci

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Astrofili Dalai Lama
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9 - Southern Gems Galaxies