Thanks everyone for the comments.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Like NGC 1316 in Fornax, hard to imagine just how this happens to a galaxy  ...I guess, take some nearby little galaxies and enough time, it just happens 
Mike |
Gravity is an interesting force, isn't it? I just marvel at the shapes some of these galaxies tend to appear as. When mergers are fully completed giant ellipticals are fairly featureless but during these phases they take on all sorts of interesting shapes. It must have been very intriguing working out the morphology of galaxies when first discovering them.