Galaxy Zoo Talk

2 perpendicular discs?

  • Vfabien21 by Vfabien21

    With this resolution, it looks like there are 2 perpendicular disks

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi Vfabien21 and welcome to the Zoo

    Nice catch ! It looks like this could be a polar ring galaxy.

    quote from WIKI :

    A polar-ring galaxy is a type of galaxy in which an outer ring of gas and stars rotates over the poles of the galaxy. These polar rings are thought to form when two galaxies gravitationally interact with each other. One possibility is that a material is tidally stripped from a passing galaxy to produce the polar ring seen in the polar-ring galaxy. The other possibility is that a smaller galaxy collides orthogonally with the plane of rotation of the larger galaxy, with the smaller galaxy effectively forming the polar-ring structure.

    Happy hunting ! 😄

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