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figure showing central part of HST mosaic and 8 brightest mergers (gzipped 4.7 MB)
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figure showing color images of 8 brightest mergers (gzipped 0.2 MB)
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figure showing color images of 8 brightest mergers (0.15 MB)
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figure showing color and b/w images of 8 brightest mergers (gzipped 0.3 MB)
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figure showing color and b/w images of 8 brightest mergers (0.2 MB)
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color figure of Hubble Space Telescope mosaic of cluster MS1054-03 (gzipped 26 MB)
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color figure of Hubble Space Telescope mosaic of cluster MS1054-03 (23 MB)
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color figure of central parts of HST mosaic (gzipped 16 MB)
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color figure of central parts of HST mosaic (15 MB)
Merger simulation / Simulatie van een botsing
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movie of a simulated merger between two galaxies
(Courtesy Dr. J. Barnes, University of Hawaii)
(Gereproduceerd met toestemming van Dr. J. Barnes, University of Hawaii)
This movie demonstrates how mergers between galaxies proceed.
The two galaxies merge into one on a timescale of roughly one billion years.
Six frames from the movie:
(Courtesy Dr. J. Barnes, University of Hawaii)
(Gereproduceerd met toestemming van Dr. J. Barnes, University of Hawaii)
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Publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters
A High Merger Fraction in the Rich Cluster MS1054-03 at z=0.83:
Direct Evidence for Hierarchical Formation of Massive Galaxies
P. G. van Dokkum, M. Franx, D. Fabricant, D. Kelson, and
G. D. Illingworth
Astrophysical Journal Letters, accepted
Abstract: astro-ph/9905394
Preprint
(gzipped PostScript; 0.7 MB)
Figure 1
of paper (gzipped PostScript; 0.7 MB)