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Hoag's Object Hoag's Object almost looks like two distant galaxies, with its bright yellow cluster of stars at the center and a blue ring of stars separated from the cluster by a large void of space. But no, this is one galaxy, much the same way Saturn is one planet and not a planet with a ring shaped planet around it. When tasked with solving the problem of how Hoag's object was formed, science came up with a resounding "what?" in the end, they just labeled it as a type of ring galaxy and moved on. Want an example of another galaxy of this type? Look just inside the top end of the ring. There's one off in the distance, which is bizarre, since these kinds of galaxies are pretty rare.
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