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To: MtnClimber
2 posted on
10/16/2022 5:42:51 PM PDT by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Across the center of this spiral galaxy is a bar. I am SO THERE. A bar at the end of the universe!
7 posted on
10/16/2022 6:15:23 PM PDT by
Rio
To: MtnClimber
How the giant bar formed, how it remains, and how it affects star formation remains an active topic of research.
I read somewhere (I don't remember where so don't take this as gospel) that spiral galaxies alternate between barred and non-barred over time. Just like elliptical galaxies alternate between prolate and spherical over time, but in different 90 degree directions.
To: MtnClimber
Two galaxies walk into a bar......................
16 posted on
10/17/2022 5:43:44 AM PDT by
Red Badger
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