List of ring galaxies
This is a list of ring galaxies. A ring galaxy is a galaxy with a circle-like appearance. Hoag's Object, discovered by Art Hoag in 1950, is the prototypical example of a ring galaxy.
List
| Name |
Image |
Catelogue number |
Distance |
Notes |
| Cartwheel Galaxy |
 |
ESO 350-40, PGC 2248 |
500 Mly |
lenticular galaxy |
| Hoag's Object |
 |
PGC 54559, PRC D-51 |
600 Mly |
|
| SDSS J151713.93+213516.8 |
 |
|
|
|
| AM 0644-741 |
 |
AM 0644-741 |
300 Mly |
|
| NGC 1291 |
 |
NGC 1291, NGC 1269,[1] PGC 012209 |
33 Mly |
|
| NGC 1533 |
 |
NGC 1533, PGC 14582[2] |
62 ± 4 Mly [3] |
|
| NGC 2859 |
|
UGC 5001, PGC 26649 |
82.8 Mly |
lenticular galaxy with ring structure[4] |
| NGC 4777 |
|
NGC 4777, PGC 43852 |
|
|
| NGC 7217 |
 |
UGC 11914, PGC 68096 |
50 Mly |
unbarred spiral galaxy with ring |
| II Zw 28[5] |
|
Zw II 28, 2MASX J05014205+0334278 |
|
|
| Mayall's Object |
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Arp 148, VV 032, MCG+07-23-019, APG 148 |
450 Mly |
collisional ring galaxy |
| I Zw 045[6] |
|
I Zw 045, NGC 4774 |
|
collisional ring galaxy |
| VII Zw 466[6] |
|
VII Zw 466, UGC 07683 |
|
collisional ring galaxy |
| Arp 10[6] |
|
Arp 10, UGC 01775,[7] 2MASX J02182545+0539369 |
|
collisional ring galaxy |
| Arp 147 |
 |
IC 298 |
|
interacting pair |
| NGC 4650A |
 |
PGC 42951 |
|
polar ring galaxy |
| NGC 660 |
 |
|
|
polar ring galaxy |
| NGC 922 |
 |
ESO 478-28, ISG 10 |
150 Mly |
collisional ring galaxy |
See also
References
- ↑ "NGC 1291". Capella Observatory. 2005. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ↑ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1533. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ↑ Ryan-Weber, Emma; Webster, Rachel; Bekki, Kenji (April 2003). Jessica L. Rosenberg and Mary E. Putman, ed. Galactic Recycling: The HI Ring Around NGC 1533. The IGM/Galaxy Connection: the Distribution of Baryons at z=0, ASSL Conference Proceedings 281 (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers). p. 223. ISBN 1-4020-1289-6.
- ↑ "Lenticular Galaxy (NGC 2859)". Calvin College. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Hubble Gazes on One Ring to Rule Them All". NASA. March 15, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Appleton, P. N.; Struck-Marcell, Curtis (1996). "Collisional Ring Galaxies". Fundamentals of Cosmic Physics 16: 111–220. Bibcode:1996FCPh...16..111A. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
- ↑ "UGC 01775". SIMBAD. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
