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The Cartwheel

CARTWHEEL · ring galaxy · Common

The Cartwheel

500 million light-years away, in the Sculptor.

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Observation status: Not observableNever climbs high enough in the sky: 15° at best, and the Live Telescope needs 20°.See this week’s vote

The real thing

Photograph
The Cartwheel, photographed by Hubble Space Telescope
ESA/Hubble & NASA · CC BY 4.0

Record

ESO 350-40
Object
ring galaxy
Rarity
Common
RA
00:37:41.88
Dec
-33:42:57.96
DISTANCE
~500 Mly
RING
~150,000 ly
CAUSE
A collision
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