Subject: AGZ0006ysm

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• by jumpjet2k

  Pretty #ring .

  Posted October 15, 2013 4:44 PM

• by p.draper

  What is this ring? P Draper

  Posted October 22, 2013 2:35 PM

• by planetaryscience

  It is a small circle of stars orbiting the nucleus, some elliptical galaxies have that.

  Posted October 22, 2013 2:39 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  This is IC962, it has an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN). The ring is an optical artifact caused by the brightness of the core

  Posted October 22, 2013 2:39 PM

• by planetaryscience

  AGZ0006up3 is the same one, but pixolated

  Posted October 22, 2013 2:58 PM

• by planetaryscience

  #ukidssring

  Posted October 22, 2013 3:26 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  #UGC 8868 ; #AGN

  Posted February 9, 2015 7:56 PM