Beyond Sudoku

Today's puzzle is another Phistomefel tribute - this time from the young phenom from Hong Kong, Undar Beyond. You can play the puzzle here:
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Rules: Normal Sudoku rules apply. The circles shown in the grid are the centres of point-symmetrical “galaxies”. Each galaxy forms a line with one-cell width that must contain at least 3 cells. Each line cannot touch itself and does not form any loop. Galaxies cannot overlap. The number next to a circle shows the sum of the numbers between the smallest and the largest number of the galaxy line. Numbers cannot be repeated along galaxy lines. Not every cell in the grid has to be part of a galaxy. [Please watch the start of the video if you are unsure about what a galaxy means in the context of the puzzle.]

We have created a brand new sudoku puzzle hunt. We'd been hoping to reach 1500 patrons on Patreon to release the hunt (which is just going through the final test-solver as we speak!). Launch is imminent and we are so grateful to all of you who've joined our Patreon community over the last 24 hours. [To say thank you and as a further bonus, we'll work on adding an 8th puzzle to the hunt which, for thematic (and secret) reasons might actually be rather perfect. Please keep the patron numbers growing and we'll let you know as soon as we get the puzzle back from final testing.]

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Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the twelve-time winner of The Times championship and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles.

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