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The Cosmic Owl

1. (astronomy) A galaxy pair composed of two almost identical ring galaxies located at redshift z=1.14 which are undergoing collision and merger, wherein the collisional zone forms the beak, and the two rings form the eyes of the owl face.
   • 2025 June 20, Lydia Amazouz, “Astronomers Capture the 'Cosmic Owl' – A Rare Galaxy Collision That Looks Like an Owl’s Face!”, in Daily Galaxy‎:

     Through detailed imaging and spectroscopy, the Cosmic Owl was observed at a redshift of 1.14, which places it at a significant distance in the early universe.

Further reading

• Mingyu Li, Bjorn H. C. Emonts, Zheng Cai, Takumi S. Tanaka, Wilfried Mercier, Yunjing Wu, Fujiang Yu, Fengwu Sun, Fuyan Bian, Emanuele Daddi, Xiaohui Fan, Xiaojing Lin, Jianwei Lyu, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Francesco Valentino (2025 June 11) “The Cosmic Owl: Twin Active Collisional Ring Galaxies with Starburst Merging Front at z=1.14”, in arXiv‎, volume [astro-ph.GA]; arXiv: 2506.10058; DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2506.10058; bibcode: 2025arXiv250610058L;