This symphony data of
broadband and narrowband, obtained by the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea,
shows the galaxy NGC 660. Besides being a 20 million light years away and
within the limits of the constellation Pisces, the unusual aspect of NGC 660 is
identified as a polar ring galaxy.
The polar ring
galaxies, rare galaxies have a substantial population of stars, gas and dust
orbiting in rings nearly perpendicular to the plane of the galactic disk.
