List of polar-ring galaxies

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The following table lists polar-ring galaxies:

List

Image Galaxy Base galaxy type Notes
Arp 336, Helix Galaxy
) 		Lenticular (S0) [1][2]
NGC 4650A (ESO 322-IG69, AM 1241-402) Lenticular (S0) [2][3][4]
NGC 660 Lenticular (S0) or

Barred Spiral (SBa)

A0136-0801 Lenticular (S0) [2][5]
AM 1934-563 Barred Spiral (SBa/b) [6]
ESO 415-G26 (AM 0226-320) Lenticular (S0) [2][4]
UGC 5119 (LEDA 27383) Elliptical [7]
UGC 7576 Lenticular (S0) [2]
UGC 9796 (II Zwicky 73) Lenticular (S0) [2]
AM 2020-504 Elliptical [2]

Inner Polar Rings

Some galaxies feature a "polar ring" within the disk of the galaxy

See also

References

  1. ^ P. L. Schecter; J. E. Gunn (1978). "NGC 2685 - Spindle or pancake". Astronomical Journal. 83: 1360–1362.
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g B. C. Whitmore; R. A. Lucas; D. B. McElroy; T. Y. Steiman-Cameron; P. D. Sackett; R. P. Olling (1990). "New observations and a photographic atlas of polar-ring galaxies". Astronomical Journal. 100: 1489–1522, 1721–1755.
    doi:10.1086/115614
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  3. ^ J. L. Sérsic (1967). "Southern Peculiar Galaxies III". Zeitschrift für Astrophysik. 67: 306–311.
    Bibcode:1967ZA.....67..306S
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  4. ^ a b B. C. Whitmore; D. B. McElroy; F. Schweizer (1987). "The shape of the dark halo in polar-ring galaxies". Astrophysical Journal. 314: 439–456.
    doi:10.1086/165077
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  5. ^ F. Schweizer; B. C. Whitmore; V. C. Rubin (1983). "Colliding and merging galaxies. II - S0 galaxies with polar rings". Astronomical Journal. 88: 909–925.
    doi:10.1086/113377
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  6. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041728
  7. doi:10.1134/1.1784493
  8. doi:10.1134/1.1344257
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