January 8, 2017

Views of the galaxy PGC 1000714 (Image courtesy Ryan Beauchemin)

An article published in the journal “Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society” describes the discovery of a galaxy of a very rare type, with a central core surrounded by a pair of rings. Called PGC 1000714, it was discovered by a group of researchers at the University of Minnesota Duluth and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences who recognized it as similar to the Hoag’s object, a ring galaxy.