What does merger mean? Does it have to do with light effecting the galaxy's appearance?
-
by
ViWisWIFI
Posted
-
by
ElisabethB
moderator
Hi ViWi'sWIFI and welcome to the Zoo
When two or more galaxies collide they can merge. The best way to see if the galaxies are interacting is to look for distortions in the galaxies. Here's a bit more info from our Faq : http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000005/discussions/DGZ0000x8e?page=2&comment_id=54846df727b5625278000025 and from wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_merger
Hope this helps
Happy hunting ! 😄
Posted