Galaxy Zoo Talk

Multiple Galaxy Mergers

  • cometcollum by cometcollum

    Anyone come across any multiple galaxy images like this one? An interesting patch of galaxies with possible tidal debris between the center galaxy and the 2-arm spiral. Stunning image!

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Yes, multiple mergers do take place.There has been a Galaxy Zoo paper, can you find your galaxy in this image?

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    Blog: Galaxy Zoo Multi Mergers Dec 2010 http://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2010/12/22/galaxy-zoo-multi-mergers/ when 3 galaxies collide: a list for publication with 39 examples "We therefore compared these merger fractions and galaxy properties to a large and well-known simulation called the Millennium Run. This is a cosmic scale simulation of Dark Matter" "Simulation did rather well – it predicted the relative abundance of multi-mergers to within a few percent and it predicted that galaxies in these systems should have properties more like a typical elliptical rather than a typical spiral. "

    more info in the Index

    2.9 Galaxy collisions and shell galaxies created by high speed collsions http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=2&comment_id=53d8b8790d43f77bb6000f8a

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