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> Our galaxie and star streams - Artist view

Our galaxie and star streams - Artist view

author: Don Dixon/Novapix

reference: a-vlc99-00030

Image Size 300 DPI: 41 * 27 cm

The galaxy star stream image shows the streams of stars orbiting the Milky Way, thought to be the remnants of small galaxies that have been disrupted by tidal interaction.

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Keywords for this photo:

2007 - ASTRONOMY - BARRED SPIRAL GALAXY - GALAXY - GRAVITY - HALO - ILLUSTRATION - MILKY WAY - ORBIT - STAR - STREAM - TIDAL FORCE -