merger

• by leatherman3

  I thought this pic is fantastic....Wish I could see the galaxy it is colliding with....That tidal tail is super long and goes out of the frame. Is there a way to check out the whole scene?

  Posted September 14, 2012 8:56 PM

• by Terrance_L._Johnson

  #ARP_295B. A tidal tail does not necessarily indicate a merger. Galactic material can be exchanged exchanged through close encounters and flybys or galaxy pairs. NED lists this as a #GPair. You can view this very long tail in SkyServer.

  Posted March 2, 2013 8:27 PM