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Bullseye Galaxy
April 26 , 2025
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- A team of international researchers recently discovered a galaxy with nine rings using the Hubble space telescope.
- They called it a “serendipitous discovery” because previous ringed galaxies have only displayed two or three rings at best.
- This unusual galaxy has been named LEDA 1313424 but its common name is the Bullseye Galaxy.
- The team reported a thin trail of gas connecting the two galaxies even though they are separated by 130,000 lightyears (or 1.22 billion km).
- This Bullseye Galaxy is nearly 2.5-times larger than the Milky Way with a diameter of 250,000 light-years.
- The Bullseye Galaxy also contains signs that it could one day evolve into a giant low surface brightness (GLSB) galaxy.
- Giant low surface brightness (GLSB) galaxies are the largest of the low surface-brightness galaxies.
- All GLSB galaxies are truly colossal.
- Their most famous member, called Malin 1, is roughly 6.5-times wider than the Milky Way and one of the largest spiral galaxies known.
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