List of ring galaxies

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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 This galaxy can be seen behind Hoag's Object
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 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

  1. ↑ "NGC 1291". Capella Observatory. 2005. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1533. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Lenticular Galaxy (NGC 2859)". Calvin College. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hubble Gazes on One Ring to Rule Them All". NASA. March 15, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 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.
  7. ↑ "UGC 01775". SIMBAD. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
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