Created all by Gawd over a galactic weekend. When it was dark.
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Dr. Jack Brown
Ringed Galaxies are rare (~1 in 10,000). Before this image was captured, we never had seen a galaxy with more than 3 rings. This recent image of Galaxy LEDA 1313424 (dubbed the 'Bullseye Galaxy') shows 9 or maybe 10 rings.
(Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Imad Pasha [Yale], and Pieter van Dokkum [Yale])
(Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Imad Pasha [Yale], and Pieter van Dokkum [Yale])
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