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by Mark_Moffatt
My first thought this to be a spiral , but it looks to be an irregular galaxy . It looks like it has a ring around it . Mark
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by Capella05 moderator in response to Mark Moffatt's comment.
Hi @MarkMoffat and welcome to the Zoo 😃
I would go with your first instinct! It looks like a clumpy spiral galaxy. The 'ring' are the spiral arms wrapping around the galaxy, and the clumps are area of dense star formation.
Here is the optical image (rotated / flipped):
Happy Hunting!
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