AM 0035-335 (PGC2248) - The Cartwheel galaxy (Steve de Lisle)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sculptor (Scl) · Contains: HD3508 · HD3583

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AM 0035-335 (PGC2248) - The Cartwheel galaxy

This is the Cartwheel galaxy in the constellation of Sculptor. At 500 million light years away, it's very small and wasn't even discovered until 1941. I was browsing Arp and Madore's catalogue of peculiar southern galaxies and thought i'd have a crack at it with my C9.25 HD edge. Apologies for the poor quality but it hasn't been imaged that much and I'm so pleased to have captured it.
Arp and Madore place this galaxy into category 6a - this category includes any galaxy with an apparent luminous ring around it. But have a close look at the darn thing (Hubble images will blow your socks off). It is so weird that it has been described as one the the most complicated structures in the universe! Not only is it a rare ring galaxy, but it has spokes. And it's huge - bigger than the milky way.

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Astronomical Society of Victoria (ASV)

Southern Peculiar Galaxies

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RA (center)	00h37m43s.867
RA (top/left)	00h38m39s.424
RA (top/right)	00h38m46s.471
RA (bottom/right)	00h36m48s.587
RA (bottom/left)	00h36m40s.777

Dec (center)	-33°43′10″.57
Dec (top/left)	-34°00′12″.93
Dec (top/right)	-33°27′12″.23
Dec (bottom/right)	-33°26′03″.61
Dec (bottom/left)	-33°59′03″.91

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