Ring shaped object

• by pmj

  #ring This looks like a smoke ring in space. Have not come across anything else like this.

  Posted September 15, 2012 12:28 AM

• by Schmutzie

  Awesome. Stopped me dead in my tracks.

  Posted October 14, 2012 4:58 AM

• by aloha7

  Is this ring another galaxy? Fascinating!

  Posted November 9, 2014 1:40 AM

• by Capella05 moderator in response to aloha7's comment.

  Yes 😃 It is another galaxy - a collisional ring galaxy. The one galaxy passed through the other, here is the SkyServer image:

  

  Posted November 9, 2014 2:26 AM