Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Helix Galaxy  ·  NGC 2685
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NGC 2685 - The Helix Galaxy, Rich Sornborger
NGC 2685 - The Helix Galaxy
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NGC 2685 - The Helix Galaxy

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NGC 2685 - The Helix Galaxy, Rich Sornborger
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NGC 2685 - The Helix Galaxy

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NGC 2685 is a very unusual galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is a rare polar ring galaxy - meaning it has a ring of gas, stars and dust orbiting in a plane almost perpendicular to the normal flat plane of NGC 2685. Physically it contains two separate velocity systems whose axes are perpendicular.

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NGC 2685 - The Helix Galaxy, Rich Sornborger

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