List of polar-ring galaxies
Encyclopedia
The following table lists polar-ring galaxies:
| Galaxy | Base galaxy type | Notes |
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| NGC 2685 (UGC 4666 , Arp 336 , Helix Galaxy) | Lenticular (S0) Lenticular galaxy A lenticular galaxy is a type of galaxy which is intermediate between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy in galaxy morphological classification schemes. Lenticular galaxies are disk galaxies which have used up or lost most of their interstellar matter and therefore have very little ongoing... |
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| NGC 4650A NGC 4650A NGC 4650A is a polar-ring galaxy located in the constellation Centaurus. It should not be confused with the spiral galaxy NGC 4650, which shares almost the same radial distance as NGC 4650A. The real distance between both galaxies is... (ESO 322-IG69 , AM 1241-402) |
Lenticular (S0) | |
| A0136-0801 | Lenticular (S0) | |
| AM 1934-563 | Spiral | |
| ESO 415-G26 (AM 0226-320) | Lenticular (S0) | |
| UGC 5119 (LEDA 27383) | Elliptical | |
| UGC 7576 | Lenticular (S0) | |
| UGC 9796 (II Zw 73) | Lenticular (S0) | |
| AM 2020-504 | Elliptical Elliptical galaxy An elliptical galaxy is a galaxy having an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless brightness profile. They range in shape from nearly spherical to highly flat and in size from hundreds of millions to over one trillion stars... |
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Inner Polar Rings
Some galaxies feature a "polar ring" within the disk of the galaxy- UGC 5600