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Jump to first unread post. Pages: 1 rrspears Tourist Reged: 01/07/08 Posts: 12 is this 2 galaxy's crashing into each other?       #1107375 - 02/03/08 10:43 PM View in Google Earth (98 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   this picture look's liek 2 galaxy's raming each other. either way this look's cool... sorry if im uploadign to much but i liek to knwo what i am lookign at lol Post Extras:       ChrisHeinz Tourist Reged: 12/17/07 Posts: 76 Loc: Lexington, KY Re: is this 2 galaxy's crashing into each other? [Re: rrspears]       #1108580 - 02/05/08 07:13 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   You've definitely got a single spiral there there, with two very well defined arms. I would guess that the bright yellow spot at the top is a background galaxy. Normally you tell if two galaxies are colliding or otherwise gravitationally interacting by looking for spashes (Search the Sky: "Antennae") or smears. These are too far away to see that. They could be an interacting group like M51 (Search the sky: M51). Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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