Irregular Spiral Galaxy NGC 922 in Fornax | Hubble Space Telescope

Irregular Spiral Galaxy NGC 922 in Fornax | Hubble Space Telescope

An almost complete circle of bright pink nebulae skirts around a spiral galaxy in this NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 922. The ring structure and the galaxy’s distorted spiral shape result from a smaller galaxy scoring a cosmic bullseye, hitting the center of NGC 922 around 330 million years ago.

Distance from Earth: 150 million light years

Credit: NASA, ESA
Release Date: Dec. 6, 2012

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