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Originally Posted by h0ughy
 its a great shot Mike - you seemed to have tortured every electron out of those photons to get that image!!! - nice colours and framing - heaps of background faint galaxies. one day when i grows up i might try something like this....... I am still in kindy playing wiht the sun....  |
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amigo, you funny
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Originally Posted by astronobob
Interesting Pair Michael, great capturing again 
The two Galaxies, are they totally separate or actually colliding ? They look seperate to me, no hot spots in the collision areas either that is obvious ?
I read another web page, some guy thinks he can detect an effect of warping in the arms of 2207 at collision area, can quite see it myself, could be an older Image & new evidence has come to the fore ?
Great Subject and Image Mike |
Yes I believe they are separate Bob, the smaller IC 2163 is in the background but close enough that it is expected to merge with NGC 2207 in the future. The extended arm of NGC 2207 that passes in front of IC 2163 does look like a gravitational stretch to me though
...who knows
Mike