Colliding Galaxies

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Colliding Galaxies

Post by harry » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:20 am

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Post by harry » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:50 am

This one requires an expalantion

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980615.html

I think the resultant structure was caused as a result of the collision of two galaxies.

THe ring looks like stars, they are clusters of millions of stars and a Black Hole in each one.
I maybe wrong but other obsevation lead me to think along these lines.
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