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Astrobin Debut Object is a double ring spiral galaxy located 80 million light years away in the constellation of Fornax at a declination of -29 degrees. It is a magnitude 11.4 galaxy which spans 5 arc-minutes in our apparent view. This corresponds to a Milky Way size diameter of 120,000 light years.
This is a very interesting object. The bright central white core is surrounded by a small oval inner disk, which in turn is surrounded by an inner ring. This inner ring has bright ansae regions at the 1 o’clock and 7 o’clock positions, signaling a faint bar which transits the core from lower left to upper right. The outer disk has a faint pseudo-ring.
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