{"id":13010,"date":"2025-02-04T12:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/straight-shot-hubble-investigates-galaxy-with-nine-rings\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T12:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:03:07","slug":"straight-shot-hubble-investigates-galaxy-with-nine-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/straight-shot-hubble-investigates-galaxy-with-nine-rings\/","title":{"rendered":"Straight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy with Nine Rings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Straight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy with Nine Rings<\/h2>\n<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\">\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module 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color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStraight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy with Nine Rings\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3843\" height=\"3607\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=3843&#038;h=3607&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"A large galaxy is at center, and a significantly smaller galaxy is to its left. The large galaxy, nicknamed the Bullseye, is mostly face-on, but the top appears slightly tilted away. It has several rings. Its circular core is bright white at the very center, but light yellow overall. Going outward, there are gaps between the rings. The core is surrounded by two slightly lighter yellow rings, which also appear to be overlapping. The next ring is slightly more transparent and yellow. The two or three rings that are farther out are bluer, sometimes with blue clumps. The widest ring is also blue, but also the most transparent. At 9 o\u2019clock is a small dwarf galaxy. It is about the same size as the yellow core of the Bullseye. The dwarf galaxy is blue, with many dots. It looks like the edge of the Bullseye might touch the dwarf galaxy. Both galaxies are set on the black background of space, which is dotted with a range of galaxies in different shapes, colors, and sizes, along with one foreground star at left.\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=3843&#038;h=3607&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 3843w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=300&#038;h=282&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=768&#038;h=721&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=961&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=1536&#038;h=1442&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=2048&#038;h=1922&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=400&#038;h=375&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=600&#038;h=563&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=900&#038;h=845&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=1126&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=2000&#038;h=1877&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3843px) 100vw, 3843px\" loading=\"eager\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"padding-y-3 padding-x-3\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0\"><figcaption class=\"hds-caption maxw-mobile desktop:padding-x-3\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0 color-carbon-30\">\n<div><figcaption>LEDA 1313424, aptly nicknamed the Bullseye, is two and a half times the size of our Milky Way and has nine rings \u2014 six more than any other known galaxy. <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Credits: <\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>NASA, ESA, Imad Pasha (Yale), Pieter van Dokkum (Yale)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> has captured a cosmic bullseye! The gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine star-filled rings after an \u201carrow\u201d \u2014 a far smaller blue dwarf galaxy \u2014 shot through its heart. Astronomers using Hubble identified eight visible rings, more than previously detected by any telescope in any galaxy, and confirmed a ninth using data from the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii. Previous observations of other galaxies show a maximum of two or three rings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a serendipitous discovery,\u201d said Imad Pasha, the lead researcher and a doctoral student at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. \u201cI was looking at a ground-based imaging survey and when I saw a galaxy with several clear rings, I was immediately drawn to it. I had to stop to investigate it.\u201d The team later nicknamed the galaxy the \u201cBullseye.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-wide\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=3843&#038;h=3607&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3843\" height=\"3607\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=3843&#038;h=3607&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A large galaxy is at center, and a significantly smaller galaxy is to its left. The large galaxy, nicknamed the Bullseye, is mostly face-on, but the top appears slightly tilted away. It has several rings. Its circular core is bright white at the very center, but light yellow overall. Going outward, there are gaps between the rings. The core is surrounded by two slightly lighter yellow rings, which also appear to be overlapping. The next ring is slightly more transparent and yellow. The two or three rings that are farther out are bluer, sometimes with blue clumps. The widest ring is also blue, but also the most transparent. At 9 o\u2019clock is a small dwarf galaxy. It is about the same size as the yellow core of the Bullseye. The dwarf galaxy is blue, with many dots. It looks like the edge of the Bullseye might touch the dwarf galaxy. Both galaxies are set on the black background of space, which is dotted with a range of galaxies in different shapes, colors, and sizes, along with one foreground star at left.\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=3843&#038;h=3607&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 3843w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=300&#038;h=282&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=768&#038;h=721&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=961&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=1536&#038;h=1442&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=2048&#038;h=1922&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=400&#038;h=375&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=600&#038;h=563&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=900&#038;h=845&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=1126&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg?w=2000&#038;h=1877&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3843px) 100vw, 3843px\"><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">LEDA 1313424, aptly nicknamed the Bullseye, is two and a half times the size of our Milky Way and has nine rings \u2014 six more than any other known galaxy. High-resolution imagery from NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope confirmed eight rings, and data from the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii confirmed a ninth. Hubble and Keck also confirmed which galaxy dove through the Bullseye, creating these rings: the blue dwarf galaxy that sits to its immediate center-left.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA, ESA, Imad Pasha (Yale), Pieter van Dokkum (Yale)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nasa-gb-align-wide nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module alignwide wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JJADTMJ80R1R4W6KK563RW2C.jpg\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Download this image (5.60 MB)\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Download this image (5.60 MB)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Hubble and Keck\u2019s follow-up observations also helped the researchers prove which galaxy plunged through the center of the Bullseye \u2014 a blue dwarf galaxy to its center-left. This relatively tiny interloper traveled like a dart through the core of the Bullseye about 50 million years ago, leaving rings in its wake like ripples in a pond. A thin trail of gas now links the pair, though they are currently separated by 130,000 light-years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re catching the Bullseye at a very special moment in time,\u201d said Pieter G. van Dokkum, a co-author of the new study and a professor at Yale. \u201cThere\u2019s a very narrow window after the impact when a galaxy like this would have so many rings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Galaxies collide or barely miss one another quite frequently on cosmic timescales, but it is extremely rare for one galaxy to dive through the center of another. The blue dwarf galaxy\u2019s straight trajectory through the Bullseye later caused material to move both inward and outward in waves, setting off new regions of star formation.<\/p>\n<p>How big is the Bullseye? Our Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light-years in diameter, and the Bullseye is almost two-and-a-half times larger, at 250,000 light-years across.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-wide\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=3840&#038;h=2160&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=3840&#038;h=2160&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Graphic is evenly split. At left is an illustration of our Milky Way galaxy, seen face-on. It has large blue spiral arms, which rotate counterclockwise. Its center has a yellow bar. There are pink and blue areas of star formation throughout each spiral arm. At right is an illustration of the Bullseye Galaxy, cataloged LEDA 1313424, also seen face-on. It is about two-thirds larger than the Milky Way. The Bullseye has a central orange opaque dot surrounded by nine irregular rings. None of the rings are perfectly circular, and some appear to overlap. The rings closer to the center are opaque and orange. About halfway out, the rings appear whiter and have dots to reflect clusters of stars. The second farthest arm appears bluer. The most distant arm from the center of the galaxy is mostly faded, represented by a faint arc at the bottom. There\u2019s a significant gap between it and the other rings in the galaxy. The background is black.\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=3840&#038;h=2160&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 3840w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=300&#038;h=169&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=768&#038;h=432&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=576&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=1536&#038;h=864&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=2048&#038;h=1152&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=400&#038;h=225&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=600&#038;h=338&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=900&#038;h=506&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=675&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg?w=2000&#038;h=1125&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\"><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This illustration compares the size of our own Milky Way galaxy to gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424, nicknamed the Bullseye. The Milky Way is about 100,000 light-years in diameter, and the Bullseye is almost two-and-a-half times larger, at 250,000 light-years across.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA, ESA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nasa-gb-align-wide nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module alignwide wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3M1CZCEYVAT467P5E9PVC5.jpg\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Download this Artist Concept (1 MB)\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Download this Artist Concept (1 MB)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The researchers used Hubble\u2019s crisp vision to carefully to pinpoint the location of most of its rings, since many are piled up at the center. \u201cThis would have been impossible without Hubble,\u201d Pasha said.<\/p>\n<p>They used Keck to confirm one more ring. The team suspects a 10th ring also existed, but has faded and is no longer detectable. They estimate it might lie three times farther out than the widest ring in Hubble\u2019s image.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A One-to-One Match with Predictions<\/h1>\n<p>Pasha also found a stunning connection between the Bullseye and a long-established theory: The galaxy\u2019s rings appear to have moved outward almost exactly as predicted by models.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat theory was developed for the day that someone saw so many rings,\u201d van Dokkum said. \u201cIt is immensely gratifying to confirm this long-standing prediction with the Bullseye galaxy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If viewed from above, it would be more obvious that the galaxy\u2019s rings aren\u2019t evenly spaced like those on a dart board. Hubble\u2019s image shows the galaxy from a slight angle. \u201cIf we were to look down at the galaxy directly, the rings would look circular, with rings bunched up at the center and gradually becoming more spaced out the farther out they are,\u201d Pasha explained.<\/p>\n<p>To visualize how these rings may have formed, think about dropping a pebble into a pond. The first ring ripples out, becoming the widest over time, while others continue to form after it.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers suspect that the first two rings in the Bullseye formed quickly and spread out in wider circles. The formation of additional rings may have been slightly staggered, since the blue dwarf galaxy\u2019s flythrough affected the first rings more significantly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-wide\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=2160&#038;h=2160&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=2160&#038;h=2160&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"An illustration of the Bullseye Galaxy, cataloged LEDA 1313424, seen face-on. The Bullseye has a central orange opaque dot surrounded by nine irregular rings. None of the rings are perfectly circular, and some appear to overlap. The rings closer to the center are opaque and orange. About halfway out, the rings appear whiter and have dots to reflect clusters of stars. The second farthest arm appears bluer. The most distant arm from the center of the galaxy is mostly faded, represented by a faint arc at the bottom. There\u2019s a significant gap between this and the other rings in the galaxy. Overlaid on all of the rings are dotted circles to indicate the galaxy\u2019s separate rings, since many near the center overlap. The top right quadrant does not include the galaxy illustration. It only shows opaque lines indicating where the rings are. At the bottom is the label, Bullseye Galaxy. The background is black.\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=2160&#038;h=2160&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2160w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=150&#038;h=150&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 150w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=300&#038;h=300&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=768&#038;h=768&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=1024&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=1536&#038;h=1536&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=2048&#038;h=2048&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=50&#038;h=50&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 50w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=100&#038;h=100&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 100w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=200&#038;h=200&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=400&#038;h=400&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=600&#038;h=600&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=900&#038;h=900&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=1200&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg?w=2000&#038;h=2000&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\"><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This illustration shows the massive galaxy nicknamed the Bullseye face-on. Dotted circles indicate where each of its rings are, which formed like ripples in a pond after a blue dwarf galaxy (not shown) shot through its core about 50 million years ago. NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope helped researchers carefully pinpoint the location of most of its rings, many of which are piled up at the center. Data from the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii helped the team confirm another ring.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA, ESA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nasa-gb-align-wide nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module alignwide wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/missions\/hubble\/galaxies\/interacting\/Hubble_LEDA1313424_STScI-01JH3MC3D1HZSH9E8STNWDCN05.jpg\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Download this Artist Concept (600 KB)\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Download this Artist Concept (600 KB)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Individual stars\u2019 orbits were largely undisturbed, though groups of stars did \u201cpile up\u201d to form distinguishable rings over millions of years. The gas, however, was carried outward, and mixed with dust to form new stars, further brightening the Bullseye\u2019s rings.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot more research to be done to figure out which stars existed before and after the blue dwarf\u2019s \u201cfly through.\u201d Astronomers will now also be able to improve models showing how the galaxy may continue to evolve over billions of years, including the disappearance of additional rings.<\/p>\n<p>Although this discovery was a chance finding, astronomers can look forward to finding more galaxies like this one soon. \u201cOnce NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/roman-space-telescope\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope<\/a> begins science operations, interesting objects will pop out much more easily,\u201d van Dokkum explained. \u201cWe will learn how rare these spectacular events really are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/2041-8213\/ad9f5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paper<\/a> was published on the February 4, 2025 in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/journal\/2041-8205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Astrophysical Journal Letters<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hubble Space Telescope has been operating for over three decades and continues to make ground-breaking discoveries that shape our fundamental understanding of the universe. Hubble is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency). NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the telescope and mission operations. Lockheed Martin Space, based in Denver, also supports mission operations at Goddard. 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Exploring<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From Hubble<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/hubble\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Hubble Space Telescope<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important\">Since its 1990 launch, the Hubble Space Telescope has changed our fundamental understanding of the universe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1512\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hubble-space-telescope-hst-6.jpg?w=1512\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hubble-space-telescope-hst-6.jpg 4031w, https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hubble-space-telescope-hst-6.jpg?resize=295,300 295w, https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hubble-space-telescope-hst-6.jpg?resize=768,780 768w, 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