Fact Sheet
Ring Around the Galaxy
Hot, blue stars ring the core of Hoag's Object, a galaxy about 60 million light years away, in this Hubble Space Telescope image. The ring is filled with young stars, which are hotter and bluer than the older stars in the core. The "gap" around the core may actually contain faint stars and star clusters. A small background galaxy appears just inside the ring at the upper right. [NASA/Hubble Heritage Team]
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