This
Astrobin Debut Object is a barred spiral multi-ring galaxy located 170 million light years away in the constellation of Hydra at a declination of -25 degrees. It is a magnitude 12 galaxy which spans 3.5 arc-minutes in our apparent view. This corresponds to a huge diameter of 170,000 light years.
This is an amazing 3-ring galaxy with so many interesting features:
- The core is surrounded by a bright nuclear star forming ring, hiding behind a foreground star. If you have never examined nuclear rings before, take a look at the other nuclear ring galaxies in my portfolio at
this link. They are an amazing feature.
- The long bar is huge, extending 70,000 light years long. I don’t know of another galaxy bar this long.
- The mid-region ring is oval and connects perfectly with each end of the bar.
- The outer disk is surrounded by a faint
pseudo-ring, created by the extended star streams of the spiral arms.
Several interesting galaxies are seen in the background.
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