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    Hoag's Object is an unusual ring galaxy in the constellation of Serpens Caput. It is named after Arthur Hoag, who discovered it in 1950 and identified...
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    ring galaxy is a galaxy with a circle-like appearance. Hoag's Object, discovered by Arthur Hoag in 1950, is an example of a ring galaxy. The ring contains...
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    extragalactic objects include Seyfert's Sextet, one of the densest galaxy clusters known; Arp 220, the prototypical ultraluminous infrared galaxy; and Hoag's Object...
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    LEDA 1000714 (category LEDA objects)
    one of a very rare group of galaxies called Hoag-type galaxies, named after the prototype, Hoag's Object – it is estimated that roughly 0.1% of all galaxies...
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  • structured or distorted into a ring or torus-like appearance. Hoag's Object, discovered by Art Hoag in 1950, is the prototypical example of a ring galaxy. Ring...
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  • Arthur Allen Hoag (January 28, 1921 - July 17, 1999) was an American astronomer most famous for his discovery of Hoag's Object, a type of ring galaxy...
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    IC 2628 (category IC objects)
    (+12:07:21) respectively. List of ring galaxies PGC 1000714 Hoag's Object NGC 6028 "HyperLeda -object description". atlas.obs-hp.fr. Retrieved 2024-04-28. Astronomy...
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  • Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, a novella by Robert A. Heinlein Hoag's Object, a galaxy discovered by Arthur Hoag Hogue (disambiguation) This page...
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  • galaxies, as they are mostly catalogued before it is established whether the object is or is not a galaxy. Mostly they are identified by their celestial coordinates...
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    for object Large Magellanic Cloud". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved March 8, 2024. "Results for object MESSIER...
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