by Ann » Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:03 am
Thanks, Ken!
I have read about this ring before, but this is only the second time that someone has actually really resolved it in an image. The first time I read about the ring, those who had discovered it put forth a theory that the ring might be the remnant of a Magellanic type galaxy which had been ripped apart by Centaurus A a suitable number of million years ago, Since then, star formation had ceased in the dwarf, but the stars in the shredded galaxy were still young enough to shine with a relatively blue light.
Ann
Thanks, Ken! :D
I have read about this ring before, but this is only the second time that someone has actually really resolved it in an image. The first time I read about the ring, those who had discovered it put forth a theory that the ring might be the remnant of a Magellanic type galaxy which had been ripped apart by Centaurus A a suitable number of million years ago, Since then, star formation had ceased in the dwarf, but the stars in the shredded galaxy were still young enough to shine with a relatively blue light.
Ann