Crowded part of the sky - at least 4 galaxies.....and what looks like a faint ring
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GRaff1882
....though hard to see if they interact given the resolution. Is that a large faint ring or just some kind of lens artifact?
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zutopian
It is a #ring galaxy, which looks a bit #disturbed.:
The ring looks elongated and its nucleus is off-center, but I am not sure, if that means, that it is really disturbed.
There might be interaction, but I wouldn't have classified it as a merger, but just as a disturbed ring.
also #available_in_dr7
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zutopian
That ring reminded me somehow of an image of ANOTHER Ring Galaxy, which had been published on the Hubble site.: The Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/15/image/b/
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)
Acknowledgment: J. Higdon (Cornell U.) and I. Jordan (STScI)
Here is the link to read the story.:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/15/image/a/Posted
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zutopian
It is not a lens, because the ring isn't circular.
Ring galaxies are circular or oval.Posted
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chickweed
The #ring is possibly not associated with the galaxy that is so nearly at its centre.
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