NGC 2685 is a confirmed polar ring galaxy - a rare type of galaxy with stars, gas and dust orbiting in rings perpendicular to the plane of a flat galactic disk. This is strange because most observed orbiting bodies orbit along the galactic plane. What is even more strange is that the structure seems to be old and stable. This structure is thought to be caused by a galactic merger and the daughter galaxy's stars ended up in this position.
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