A galaxy that is a good candidate for polar-ring galaxies has been detected in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF). The galaxy HUDF 1619 (V approximate to 25(m), z similar to 1) is the most distant object of this type known to date. A large-scale structure crosses the highly warped disk of the main galaxy seen almost edge-on at an angle of about 70 degrees. The luminosity of this structure (the possible polar ring) reaches similar to 1/3 of the luminosity of the central galaxy. A strong absorption lane is seen in the region where this structure is projected onto the disk of the central object. There are two galaxies of comparable luminosity adjacent to HUDF 1619 (in projection). One of them may be the donor galaxy the interaction with which gave rise to the ring structure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)222-226
Number of pages5
JournalAstronomy Letters
Volume33
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2007

    Research areas

  • galaxies, groups and clusters of galaxies, intergalactic gas, polar-ring galaxies, PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFTS, GLOBAL STRUCTURE, DISKS

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