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Digitized sky survey image of AM 0644-741 (ground-based image) (AM 0644-741 , Graham A , IRAS F06443-7411) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Digitized sky survey image of AM 0644-741 (ground-based image)

April 22, 2004 · ESA/Hubble · AM 0644-741 , Graham A , IRAS F06443-7411

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In the centre of this image is a ring of brilliant blue star clusters wrapped around the yellowish nucleus of what was once a normal spiral galaxy. The galaxy, cataloged as AM 0644-741, is a member of the class of so-called "ring galaxies" and lies 300 million light-years away in the direction of the southern constellation Volans.