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)
	SPRC-56 (PGC 54198, MCG +06-33-026)	Lenticular (S0)	^[8] ^[9]
	SPRC-16 (LEDA 3531504, 2MASX J09420737+3624171)	Early-type (E/S0)	^[10]
	SPRC-37 (LEDA 2354098, 2MASX J12530977+4948325)	Early-type (E/S0)
	SPRC-48 (LEDA 1809073)	Early-type (E/S0)
	SPRC-20 (LEDA 1265503)	Late-type (Sc)
	SPRC-55 (LEDA 1502142)	Early-type (E/S0)
	SPRC-63 (LEDA 4480458)	Early-type (E/S0)
	SPRC-7 (LEDA 3444084)	Late-type (Sc)	^[11] ^[12]
	SPRC-17 (LEDA 1509749)	Transition type (S0-a)
	SRPC-9 (LEDA 1669648)	Early-type (E/S0)
	SPRC-69 (PGC 65406, II ZW 092)	Barred spiral (SBab)	^[13]
	SPRC-49 (LEDA 3822631)	Transitional type (S0-a)
	SPRC-3 (LEDA 984444)	Early-type (E/S0)
	SPRC-10 (LEDA 1489167)	Early-type (E/S0)
	SPRC-31 (LEDA 1950727, 2MASX J12171148+3130377)	Early-type (E/S0)
	SPRC-35 (LEDA 4339482, SDSS J124414.98+170049.1)	Early-type (E/S0)
	SPRC-1 (LEDA 3099131)	Early-type (E/S0)
	SPRC-57 (LEDA 1816450)	Early-type(E/S0)
	SPRC-58 (LEDA 2545162)	Spiral without bar (Sa)
	SPRC-59 (LEDA 3850651)	Transition type (S0-a)

Inner Polar Rings

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

• UGC 5600^[14]

See also

• Lists of astronomical objects
• List of galaxies

Notes and References

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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. Reshetnikov . V. . Combes . F. . 2015-01-07 . Polar-ring galaxies: the SDSS view on the symbiotic galaxies . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 447 . 3 . 2287–2294 . 10.1093/mnras/stu2604 . free . 1365-2966. 1412.2016 .
9. Finkelman . Ido . Funes . José G. . Brosch . Noah . 2012-05-01 . Polar ring galaxies in the Galaxy Zoo . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 422 . 3 . 2386–2398 . 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20790.x . free . 1202.5033 . 2012MNRAS.422.2386F . 0035-8711.
10. Moiseev . Alexei V. . Smirnova . Ksenia I. . Smirnova . Aleksandrina A. . Reshetnikov . Vladimir P. . 2011-11-01 . A new catalogue of polar-ring galaxies selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 418 . 1 . 244–257 . 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19479.x . free . 1107.1966 . 2011MNRAS.418..244M . 0035-8711.
11. Brosch . Noah . Kniazev . Alexei Y. . Moiseev . Alexei . Pustilnik . Simon A. . 2010-01-01 . On the nature of the apparent ring galaxy SDSS J075234.33+292049.8 . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 401 . 3 . 2067–2080 . 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15806.x . free . 0910.0589 . 2010MNRAS.401.2067B . 0035-8711.
12. Khoperskov . S. A. . Moiseev . A. V. . Khoperskov . A. V. . Saburova . A. S. . 2014-07-01 . To be or not to be oblate: the shape of the dark matter halo in polar ring galaxies . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 441 . 3 . 2650–2662 . 10.1093/mnras/stu692 . free . 1404.1247 . 2014MNRAS.441.2650K . 0035-8711.
13. Finkelman . Ido . Funes . José G. . Brosch . Noah . 2012-05-01 . Polar ring galaxies in the Galaxy Zoo . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 422 . 3 . 2386–2398 . 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20790.x . free . 1202.5033 . 2012MNRAS.422.2386F . 0035-8711.
14. Astronomy Letters, Volume 27, Number 2, February 2001, pp. 74-80(7); A photometric study of the polar ring galaxy UGC 5600;