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US SPACE NEW HUBBLE IMAGE:DCA01 - 20020905 - WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES : This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released 05 September, 2002 shows a nearly perfect ring of hot, blue stars pinwheels about the yellow nucleus of an unusual galaxy known as Hoag's Object. This image captures a face-on view of the galaxy's ring of stars, revealing more detail than any existing photo of this object. The image may help astronomers unravel clues on how such strange objects form.The entire galaxy is about 120,000 light-years wide, which is slightly larger than our Milky Way Galaxy. The blue ring, which is dominated by clusters of young, massive stars, contrasts sharply with the yellow nucleus of mostly older stars. What appears to be a "gap" separating the two stellar populations may actually contain some star clusters that are almost too faint to see. . EPA PHOTO AFPI/NASA/kb/eh.

US SPACE NEW HUBBLE IMAGE:DCA01 - 20020905 - WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES : This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released 05 September, 2002 shows a nearly perfect ring of hot, blue stars pinwheels about the yellow nucleus of an unusual galaxy known as Hoag's Object. This image captures a face-on view of the galaxy's ring of stars, revealing more detail than any existing photo of this object. The image may help astronomers unravel clues on how such strange objects form.The entire galaxy is about 120,000 light-years wide, which is slightly larger than our Milky Way Galaxy. The blue ring, which is dominated by clusters of young, massive stars, contrasts sharply with the yellow nucleus of mostly older stars. What appears to be a "gap" separating the two stellar populations may actually contain some star clusters that are almost too faint to see. . EPA PHOTO AFPI/NASA/kb/eh.
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US SPACE NEW HUBBLE IMAGE:DCA01 - 20020905 - WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES : This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released 05 September, 2002 shows a nearly perfect ring of hot, blue stars pinwheels about the yellow nucleus of an unusual galaxy known as Hoag's Object. This image captures a face-on view of the galaxy's ring of stars, revealing more detail than any existing photo of this object. The image may help astronomers unravel clues on how such strange objects form.The entire galaxy is about 120,000 light-years wide, which is slightly larger than our Milky Way Galaxy. The blue ring, which is dominated by clusters of young, massive stars, contrasts sharply with the yellow nucleus of mostly older stars. What appears to be a "gap" separating the two stellar populations may actually contain some star clusters that are almost too faint to see. . EPA PHOTO AFPI/NASA/kb/eh
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