Polar Ring · Peculiar

NGC 660

NGC 660 is one of the most striking and rare galaxy types — a polar ring galaxy. It has a central lenticular galaxy with a ring of stars, gas, and dust orbiting perpendicular to the main galaxy's plane. Only a handful of such systems are kn

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