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Old 25-11-2010, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Astroman View Post
Terrific shots. I have always been fascinated by the one on NGC 3628 goes out quite a distance.
Thanks,

Yes, that is an interesing tidal tail but it is different than the star streams we are looking for. What we are looking for is the distruction trail when a dwarf galaxy gets torn apart and becomes part of the larger galaxy.

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