Ring? Galaxy in a dust could? Supernova?

• by Shaedlaer

  I'm not sure if this structure forming a #ring is a part of a galaxy or is it rather a #cloud surrounding the galaxy?
  Or maybe it could be a more nearby #supernova remnant with #planetarynebula shining with reflected light echo?

  Posted April 7, 2013 9:30 AM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Really nice ring galaxy. The bright white object is a foreground star from our galaxy.

  Posted April 7, 2013 10:39 AM

• by Taschenmonster

  Doesn't it look like a wedding ring? 😃
  I wonder, how many carat the star would have...

  Posted October 16, 2014 9:51 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  😄

  Posted October 16, 2014 10:38 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  Here is a possible answer 😃

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3492919.stm

  Posted October 16, 2014 11:11 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  amazing and cute! Let us post it on Valentine's day. The ring just fits the finger!

  but white dwarfs look like dark blue stars in our images.

  see Galaxy Zoo Forum OOTD: Saturday August 7 2010 White dwarf stars are hot, aren't they? http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=278111.msg484589#msg484589 an ultra cool white dwarf

  and Galaxy Zoo thread: White Dwarf Stars http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=273513.1170

  Posted October 17, 2014 9:25 AM

• by Budgieye moderator

  a small suggestion: ring galaxiesare empty in the middle, ringed galaxies are a ring around a galaxy. So this is a ringed galaxy, #ringed

  see

  2.3 Ring galaxy (empty in the middle, created by collision that removed the inside of the galaxy)) http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=2&comment_id=53d8b8250d43f776b000107d

  2.4 Ringed galaxy (ring around a galaxy) http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=2&comment_id=53d8b8340d43f77bd6000ffd

  Posted October 17, 2014 9:26 AM