Wind swept arms

Interesting things Beautiful or unusual objects
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https://www.legacysurvey.org//viewer/?ra=217.3209&dec=20.6552&layer=ls-dr9&zoom=15
I am posting IC 1021 because I noticed its arms seem to go full circle and reconnect to the other arm. I wondered whether the arms are actually being swept behind the galaxy as the galaxy spins through space. Hair in the wind.

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What if those reconnecting arms actually connect behind it. Like a galactic infinity symbol.

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Can We name it Auryn?

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this should be on that Hubble ‘list’ I’ve created ~ very beautiful indeed & that backdrop would make for an extraordinary image

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I want a hubble image of it for sure.

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