Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  PGC 54559
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HOAGS Object Ringgalaxy, Riedl Rudolf
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HOAGS Object Ringgalaxy

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HOAGS Object Ringgalaxy

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Hoags Object is a perfect Ringgalaxy. Around a older Center is a circle of young stars.

It was discovered by Hoag, therefore the name. The Diameter of the center is 6". The inner part of the ring has a diameter of 28", the outer part of 45". The brightness is 16th mag.

The Galaxy is in a distance of about 600 Mio Lj and has a slightly smaller diameter than our Milky Way but contains more stars!

I took already several pictures, but always failed the position. This time finally it works.

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HOAGS Object Ringgalaxy, Riedl Rudolf

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