Gallactic Collision!!

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jennifer1611991
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Has this galaxy collision been captured on film or picture?
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zackae
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I highly think not for video. For such a collision, it would take "eons" for it to completely merge into 1 body.However, a picture could be taken as they are in the midst of attracting each other.
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There are plenty shots of interacting galaxies taken by the Hubble telescope. A simple search in the google and you will find them.

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*shameless Spitzer plug*

There are also tons of pics from Spitzer of galaxies interacting. And they show regions of stellar growth!

http://gallery.spitzer.caltech.edu/Imag ... e_Universe
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