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A disk galaxy, I want to say lenticular, but SIMBAD notes it as a spiral? Well, sometimes it is hard to tell. The important part of this galaxy is its magnificent bowtie. The stars in this galaxy's X-shaped nucleus are not orbiting in simple ellipses, but rather in a looping, figure eight path. This is something I need to learn more about before I say much more.

This galaxy was imaged as part of the Zoo Gems project. Gems of the Galaxy Zoos

All Channels: ACS/WFC F606W

North is 93.80° counter-clockwise from up.
Date Taken on 20 July 2019, 01:09
Source NGC 1175
Author Judy Schmidt
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lenticular , disk , galaxy , figure 8 , infinity , bowtie , hst , hubble , prop15445 , 15445 , peanut

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