Largest atlas of nuclear galactic rings unveiled

Friday, April 30, 2010 - 04:20 in Astronomy & Space

An international team of astrophysicists has just unveiled the most complete atlas of nuclear rings, enormous star-forming ring-shaped regions that circle certain galactic nuclei. The catalogue, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, includes 113 such rings in 107 galaxies...

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