NGC 660
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ngc-660-312-7708105
title:
NGC 660
text:
NGC 660 is a peculiar and unique polar-ring galaxy located approximately 45 million light-years from Earth in the Pisces constellation. It is the only such galaxy having, as its host, a "late-type lenticular galaxy". It was probably formed when two galaxies collided a billion years ago. However, it may have first started as a disk galaxy that captured matter from a passing galaxy. This material could have, over time, become "strung out" to form a rotating ring. The ring is not actually polar, bu
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Polar-ring galaxy in the constellation Pisces
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_660
date created:
date modified:
2024-01-06T20:16:58Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1038026","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1038026"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/NGC_660_Polar_Galaxy_Gemini_Observatory.jpg","width":3844,"height":2444}
fields total:
13
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15