PHYSICS 141

Winter 2004


Lecture 14: Mergers of Galaxies

Galactic Bridges and Tails (Toomre and Toomre).

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Final Project : "The Mice" (N4676) As Galaxy Merger

NGC 4676

Observations and Simulation of N4676 ("The Mice" = Arp242 = U7938/9)

Barnes and Hibbard


Top view:


Collision Sequence:


N-Body Model Matching: