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Naru523
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« on: December 26, 2009, 09:04:21 PM »
If you dont get hat Im saying, I mean that the Milky Way was born by two galaxies colliding. Is this true or false?
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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2009, 10:31:18 AM »
False. The milky way would be irregular or elliptical, not a barred spiral.
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« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2009, 10:31:56 AM »
It can re-shape!
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« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2009, 10:55:19 AM »
Quote from: NeutronStar on December 27, 2009, 10:31:56 AM
I can re shape!

Was that necessary?
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« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2009, 12:37:55 PM »
YES  Grin Grin Grin

Oh, sorry, I meant IT can reshape.
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« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2009, 08:25:41 PM »
I think I read or watched something saying that the Milky Way could be a Galaxy with a collision in it's past.
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« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2009, 10:34:31 AM »
False is the answer.
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« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2009, 07:01:05 PM »
Quote from: NeutronStar on December 27, 2009, 10:31:56 AM
It can re-shape!
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« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2009, 10:37:19 PM »
No, it can't. Once an ellipse is formed, it cannot change.
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« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2010, 08:19:52 AM »
the answer to your question as I see it is iether yes or no, depending on what you mean.  If you mean that it was formed from one giant collision then I think its possible but unlikely since as deoxy99 said we aren't an elliptical galaxy, but all galaxies are believed to be built from a small core galaxy at the beginning that eats and joins with others to form the modern galaxy, in fact the milky way is currently eating several dwarf galaxies. 
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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2010, 03:33:16 PM »
Then I wonder how MW and M 31 (Andromeda) got two black holes...
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