Ring Galaxy
A ring galaxy is a galaxy with a ring-like appearance. The ring consists of massive, relatively young blue stars, which are extremely bright. The central region contains relatively little luminous matter. Astronomers believe that ring galaxies are formed when a smaller galaxy passes through the Center of a larger galaxy. Because most of a galaxy consists of empty space, this "collision" rarely results in any actual collisions between stars. However the gravitational disruptions caused by such an Event could cause a wave of star formation to move through the larger galaxy. (source: wikipedia. Hyperlinks courtesy of Ronald_Wopereis)See Images Below
- Hoag's Object, discovered by Art Hoag in 1950 is an example of such a galaxy.
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Ronald Wopereis said
at 7:33 pm on Aug 21, 2006
Yvette can you see the white is actually the snake biting its tail?
Consider two snakes, like the two hands drawing each other, but then two snakes eating each others tail. As the movement is the opposite of what our minds wants us to believe, the eating is actually the tails being pushed out of / pressed out of the mounts of the snakes - ex/pression.
And so the ring galaxy is a growth symbol ; you and me working together, each growing the other, snakes getting bigger and bigger by their ex/pression.
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