Simulation of the interactions between two galaxies as they pass by each other. The simulation contains 5000 Stars, the galaxies are simulated as scaled down version. The initial conditions resemble the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Whirlpool_Galaxy" class="extiw" title="w:en:Whirlpool Galaxy">Whirlpool Galaxy</a> although no physical data from this galaxy was used in the simulation.
Ingo Berg
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