How often do you see mergers and is this important?
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by bertdanger
I've not seen one and have looked at a couple 100 galaxies now. Is this something special?
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by JeanTate
Am not sure this is a merger. I see two ETGs (early-type galaxies), almost certainly ellipticals. I also see considerable color artifacts. ETGs that appear to overlap are common, especially near the centers of rich clusters of galaxies; sometimes they are interacting, but as far as I know mostly they are just chance alignments.
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