Hoag's Object


(Hoag's Object.  NASA image via Hubble Space telescope.)

In 1950 the astronomer Arthur Hoag discovered an object within the Serpent Constellation, rear of the snake held by Ophiuchus – the Serpent Bearer, which is north of the night sky, as an unusual ring galaxy, that only make up 0.1% of all known Galaxies in observable Universe.  However this very peculiar ring Galaxy, now classified as Hoag's Object, is a Galaxy, within a Galaxy, enclosed inside its circular perimeter.  In fact, the outer, more prominent ring encases a fainter ring, as its core is made up of older yellow stars.  Which gives it a not just a distinct characteristic shape, but also its beauty.  And this Galaxy is big including the void regions, measuring over 100,000 million light year across, with the nucleus sitting 70,000 lights years within its own region of space.  Hoag's Object is a mystery within a mystery, there are other unusual Galaxies dotted throughout the Universe but none so far have matched this bizarre illumination that this Galaxy relays, it truly stands out without any plausible explanation of the origins of its shape.  Hoag's Object so far has not been duplicated anywhere else, as a normalized shaped Galaxy, standing.  It stands alone revealing a Xeno perspective within the vast Universe.     

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