Closest Known Galaxy Just Discovered

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Closest Known Galaxy Just Discovered

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Check it out :

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/close ... 31104.html

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common ... 63,00.html

wow.
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Re: Closest Known Galaxy Just Discovered

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interesting...but the process is so slow that humans will never be able to see it. ironically, even if it happened faster, its going to be very difficult separating the stars from both galaxies when they merge. In fact, it is possible that when 2 galaxies collide, apart from interaction of gravity, the billions of stars will not hit each other due to the large spaces in between them.

ps, are you the Gary with the Skywatcher 102mm refractor? if yes, do register you equipment at the equipment database...thanks!

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Hi,
Also, M31 is going to crash with our galaxy in around 5 billion years time..... That will be a very spectacular view as the sky will have two "Milky Way"... The problem is we will not be able to live that long to see it... :(
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Hi Rich,

I am not that Gary. I do not have a scope yet. I joined singastro yahoogroups about 6 months ago.

As I have suggested in my "test message" post in the Feedback section. I hope there will be a Members Introduction section.

This will save a lot of hassle of guessing/asking members identity. Especially in cases where there are simliar names/nicknames.

Also, it improves the community feel of the forum. :lol:
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Gary wrote:Hi Rich,

I am not that Gary. I do not have a scope yet. I joined singastro yahoogroups about 6 months ago.

As I have suggested in my "test message" post in the Feedback section. I hope there will be a Members Introduction section.

This will save a lot of hassle of guessing/asking members identity. Especially in cases where there are simliar names/nicknames.

Also, it improves the community feel of the forum. :lol:
oh...wrong Gary...heh heh...in that case, welcome to singastro!
have fun..the stars will always be there for you.. :lol:

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