tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719106859199422273.post7539867383818778173..comments2024-03-26T07:43:42.434+00:00Comments on Beautiful Stars: What is Hoag's Object?Karen Mastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12941003369342300418noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719106859199422273.post-16091854575341277092014-01-15T07:33:09.921+00:002014-01-15T07:33:09.921+00:00Maybe two ring galaxies collided in this manner:
...Maybe two ring galaxies collided in this manner:<br /><br />http://9gag.com/gag/aqm8nKM?fb_action_ids=10153736727300301&fb_action_types=og.likesUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905587483266734646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719106859199422273.post-60416334011138075132012-10-22T16:53:09.725+01:002012-10-22T16:53:09.725+01:00I think the general consensus is that it's a m...I think the general consensus is that it's a much more distant ring galaxy in the background - thus demonstrating the absolute vastness of the Universe (that there could be a sight-line with two ring galaxies in the same direction!). The only image which shows it is the HST image though, so it would be hard to get an actual redshift to estimate the distance I think. I will dig into this a bit more and get back to you. Karen Mastershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941003369342300418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719106859199422273.post-11883800666390557592012-10-20T05:05:58.503+01:002012-10-20T05:05:58.503+01:00Possibly silly thought here – but I wonder if the ...Possibly silly thought here – but I wonder if the micro-inside-Hoags-ring galaxy <i>(at about the 1 o'clock position and mentioned in other items on Hoag's object)</i> could be the missing impactor galaxy that created Hoag’s Object in the collisional theory – if it passed through behind Hoag’s Object and is either much smaller or moving much faster or some combination thereof and thus appears as it does and its own ring structure results from the same impact somehow?StevoRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506855815096149912noreply@blogger.com