Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)
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Hoag's Object PGC 54559, Michael Lorenz
Hoag's Object PGC 54559
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Hoag's Object PGC 54559

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Hoag's Object PGC 54559, Michael Lorenz
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Hoag's Object PGC 54559

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Hoag's Object PGC54559 through Bortle 8 city sky. Additionally, the moon and desert dust were making things worse. But it still shows up and I will add more time when the sky quality gets better.

This unusal object is the remnant of a collision of galaxies. In Hubble's image of this object you will see another ring galaxy within the ring of Hoag's Object. Quite a sight, but not possible with amateur scopes.

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