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NGC 660
Pisces
Penryn, California 
November 2003/05
FS-128G 
FS-2000XM (ag, ST-4) Lum 15 minutes each (2005)
ST-10XME  (ag, St-4) RGB 15 minutes each (2003)

NGC 660 is one of only a few Polar Ring Galaxies.  The dust band almost perpendicular to the galaxy is probably the remnant of a violent collision between NGC 660 and a metal rich spiral galaxy.

Note the numerous small galaxies visible in the above image.