Notice all this interaction, repeated collision, and eventual coalescing and merging of these 2 galaxies. Now here's the strange part. The chances are vanishingly small that there have been, and will be, any stellar collisions. For all their vastness and brightness, these "star cities" are overwhelmingly empty space.
Notice all the other galaxies in the background! Hubble is proving its worth!
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To: petuniasevan
Thanks. I've admired your posts from afar for a long time.
3 posted on
05/05/2002 10:17:02 PM PDT by
mseltzer
To: petuniasevan
...serendipitously, galaxies far in the distance scattered about the frame.As I suspected, the link is to the famous picture made into a poster -- one I have framed and hanging in the room I now sit in.
4 posted on
05/05/2002 10:34:48 PM PDT by
LantzALot
To: petuniasevan
I'm speechless.
12 posted on
05/06/2002 6:44:06 AM PDT by
aomagrat
To: petuniasevan
Thanks for the ping. I'm on a dial-up, but the picture was worth the wait.
I'm astonished at the quality of the Hubble photos!
Is the probability of star-collision during a galactic 'pass-through' really that remote? Is there a handy link? ;^)
To: petuniasevan
Thanks for all you do here petunia! Fascinating!
To: petuniasevan
amazing.. speechless
15 posted on
05/06/2002 6:30:55 PM PDT by
herewego
To: petuniasevan
Holy catfish, how beautiful!
16 posted on
05/06/2002 8:29:37 PM PDT by
Joan912
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