Today, let's look at some interesting ring images from space. We'll look at four spectacular images. Let's get started.

The Ultraviolet Rings of M31. Just 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, is indeed right next to us among the great galaxies. To create this spectacular portrait in ultraviolet light of a spiral galaxy so close and spanning nearly 260,000 light-years, 11 different fields of view were taken from the telescope of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite.

The large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen on the edge near the centre of this cosmic galaxy portrait. In fact, NGC 4945 is almost the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy.

M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Centre. What is happening at the centre of the spiral galaxy M106? The appearance of M106, a rotating disk of stars and gas, is dominated by blue spiral arms and red dust bands near the nucleus, as shown in the featured image.

NGC 6814: Hubble's Grand Design Spiral Galaxy. At the centre of this calm swirl of stars is probably a sad monster of a black hole. Around it, the vortex wraps around billions of stars, highlighted by the brightest and bluest.

 

Which one is your favourite?