List of polar-ring galaxies explained

The following table lists polar-ring galaxies:

List

Image	Galaxy	Base galaxy type	Notes
	NGC 2685 (UGC 4666, Arp 336, Helix Galaxy)		^[1]
	NGC 4650A (ESO 322-IG69, AM 1241-402)	Lenticular (S0)	^[2] ^[3]
	NGC 660	Lenticular (S0) orBarred Spiral (SBa)
	A0136-0801	Lenticular (S0)	^[4]
	AM 1934-563	Barred Spiral (SBa/b)	^[5]
	ESO 415-G26 (AM 0226-320)	Lenticular (S0)
	UGC 5119 (LEDA 27383)	Elliptical	^[6]
	UGC 7576	Lenticular (S0)	^[7]
	UGC 9796 (II Zwicky 73)	Lenticular (S0)

Inner Polar Rings

Some galaxies feature a "polar ring" within the disk of the galaxy:

• UGC 5600^[8]

See also

• Lists of astronomical objects
• List of galaxies

Notes and References

1. P. L. Schecter . J. E. Gunn . NGC 2685 - Spindle or pancake . Astronomical Journal . 1978 . 83 . 1360–1362 . 1978AJ.....83.1360S . 10.1086/112324.
2. J. L. Sérsic . Southern Peculiar Galaxies III . Zeitschrift für Astrophysik . 1967 . 67 . 306–311 . 1967ZA.....67..306S.
3. B. C. Whitmore . D. B. McElroy . F. Schweizer . The shape of the dark halo in polar-ring galaxies . Astrophysical Journal . 1987 . 314 . 439–456 . 1987ApJ...314..439W . 10.1086/165077.
4. F. Schweizer . B. C. Whitmore . V. C. Rubin . Colliding and merging galaxies. II - S0 galaxies with polar rings . Astronomical Journal . 1983 . 88 . 909–925 . 1983AJ.....88..909S . 10.1086/113377. free .
5. arXiv:astro-ph/0509738v1, AM 1934-563: A giant spiral polar-ring galaxy in a triplet, 24 Sep 2005,,
6. Astronomy Letters, Volume 30, Number 8, August 2004, pp. 519-526(8); UGC 5119: A galaxy with a stellar polar ring? ;
7. B. C. Whitmore . R. A. Lucas . D. B. McElroy . T. Y. Steiman-Cameron . P. D. Sackett . R. P. Olling . New observations and a photographic atlas of polar-ring galaxies . Astronomical Journal . 1990 . 100 . 1489–1522, 1721–1755 . 1990AJ....100.1489W . 10.1086/115614. free.
8. Astronomy Letters, Volume 27, Number 2, February 2001, pp. 74-80(7); A photometric study of the polar ring galaxy UGC 5600;