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vincentm
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Hello everyone,
Ok astronomers currently know that Andromeda is going to collide with the Milky Way, i believe i read somewhere that our local group of galaxies is referred to as the "virgo cluster". what i'd like to know is:1) Is the collision between these two spirals going to result in an Elliptical galaxy, or are they going to merely just "brush" by each other like 2 ships in the fog (so to say)
2) At what velocity is Andromeda heading towards the Milky Way, also does the rate of each one's velocty going to have an affect on how they merge ( i think so just want to be sure)?
3)Found this applet http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/JavaLab/GalCrashWeb/main.html
using this and, based on current data is it possible to show how this collision might accour?Thank everyone.
Ok astronomers currently know that Andromeda is going to collide with the Milky Way, i believe i read somewhere that our local group of galaxies is referred to as the "virgo cluster". what i'd like to know is:1) Is the collision between these two spirals going to result in an Elliptical galaxy, or are they going to merely just "brush" by each other like 2 ships in the fog (so to say)
2) At what velocity is Andromeda heading towards the Milky Way, also does the rate of each one's velocty going to have an affect on how they merge ( i think so just want to be sure)?
3)Found this applet http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/JavaLab/GalCrashWeb/main.html
using this and, based on current data is it possible to show how this collision might accour?Thank everyone.
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