Recent content by eaclou

Ok, the sphere of Dark Matter makes a lot more sense - for some reason I thought it was a ring. Because the mass of dark matter is the same "above" and "below" the galactic ring, the net force orthogonal to the ring is ~zero, because the pull from both "sides" cancels out, leaving only the...

Hello all, My first post here. I do CG animations, and am working on a project where two galaxies collide. It is important to note up front that my simulation will NOT be physically accurate - I don't have the tools, knowledge, or processing power for that, but I AM interested in getting...