The Subaru telescope captured a mysterious galaxy surrounded by three rings at a distance of 800 million light years.
The Japanese Subaru Space Telescope has discovered an amazing galaxy with three surrounding rings.
The image, taken from Mauna Kea in Hawaii, shows an object about 800 million light years from Earth, Live Science reports, citing Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory.
Although astronomy has long classified galaxies into elliptical, lenticular, spiral and irregular, this three-ringed structure goes beyond the usual categories. Scientists have hypothesized about the origin of ring galaxies, suggesting that they may form as a result of galaxy collisions or resonance phenomena that cause interstellar gas to concentrate in the rings.
The Galaxy Cruise project continues to explore unusual galaxies by engaging the public to sort through images from the Subaru Telescope.
Scientists hope that a more detailed study will help determine whether the three-ring galaxy is the result of one or more collisions or has another, as yet unknown, origin.
It was previously reported that Hubble captured a unique image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1672, located in the constellation Doradus.
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