Archivo: Ring galaxy AM 0644-741 (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope)

Descripción: The sparkling blue ring, around the yellowish nucleus of what was once a normal spiral galaxy, is 150,000 light-years in diameter, making it larger than our entire home galaxy, the Milky Way. The galaxy, cataloged as AM 0644-741, is a member of the class of so-called ring galaxies. It lies 300 million light-years away in the direction of the southern constellation Dorado.
Título: Ring galaxy AM 0644-741 (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope)
Créditos: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/15/image/a/ (direct link) http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0415a/
Autor(a): NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)
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