Title:
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Hubble Astronomer Creates Spectacular Galaxy Collision Visualization for the National Air and Space Museum
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Acknowledgement:
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*Credit:* F. Summers (Space Telescope Science Institute [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]), C. Mihos (Case Western Reserve University), L. Hernquist (Harvard University)
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Fast Facts:
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Technical facts about this news release: Back to entire collection [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/index/248/ ] Next release [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2002/07/ ] Previous release [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2002/04/ ]
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note:
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*Description*: This image is a still frame from a standard video presentation (i.e., for television instead of a planetarium dome) of the galaxy collision scientific visualization. The two galaxies are being pulled together by their mutual gravity. Their shapes stay pretty much the same right up until they collide.
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facet_when:
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April 9, 2002
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facet_when_year:
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2002
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UID:
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SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-2002-09c
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original url:
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http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2002/09/image/c/
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Release Date:
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April 9, 2002 12:00 AM (EDT)
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