07/03/2026
Hoag's Object
Hoag's Object, an extremely rare and atypical ring galaxy located approximately 600 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. It was discovered in 1950 by astronomer Arthur Hoag.
The galaxy features a central yellow core of older stars, surrounded by a nearly perfect outer ring of young, massive blue stars. The entire structure spans about 120,000 light-years in diameter, making it slightly larger than our own Milky Way.