Animation of Two Galaxies Coliding
 

For the animation (long download time):

http://web.phys.cmu.edu/~tiziana/BHGrow/movie_mq.avi

The page it came from:

http://web.phys.cmu.edu/~tiziana/BHGrow/

Cool, hate to be one of those galaxies.
Dave

Interesting facts about space distances (found by good old Google):

- Our solar system is 10 light hours from one side to the other (don't know if that includes the Kuiper Belt or not)
- The entire Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across
- Earth is located on one of the spiral arms of our galaxy and is about 26,000 light years from the center of the galaxy
- The newly discovered dwarf galaxy in Sagittarius, only 60,000 light years away, is spiralling into the Milky Way (so I think we'd better look out :eek: in a few thousand light years :razz: )
- The nearest large spiral galaxy like the Milky Way is the Andromeda galaxy, about 2.7 million light years away
- The distance to the most distant object seen in the universe is about 18 billion light years

- Nearest grocery store is a four minute walk from our condo (not found by Google) :biggrin:

And the nearest bit of "reef" is 6 ft. from my desk. :mrgreen:

aaaahhh....

WOW!!!!! That's crazy!!!!! :eek: :eek:

Are you serious, 4 minutes from the nearest grocery store?

Talk about feeling all alone it the universe. :mrgreen:

Yup. Live downtown. Population density is at its most intense around here. Two other grocery stores are only 15 minute walks from here.

Lee (bulletsworld) lives only a 10 minute walk away.

Our favourite pizza place is only a three minute walk :cool: Don't know how far that is light years, though :lol:

wow our closest grocery store is about a 50 min walk away since they closed the IGA on the corner of Cambie and #5. The Pizza place is about 8 min walk away. Closest reef shop is about an hour walk as well.

My reef tank about 5 second walk away :)

Even though I live in the country, I sometimes think thats how I would like it. Esp. in a place like Edmonton. :smile:

Not going to touch that comment with a ten foot pole :agrue: :lol:

Oh,oh, what did I say now. :confused: I just think it would be nice to live in downtown Edmonton or another similar city. I picked Edmonton, cause I always bowled well at Boonie Doon. :smile: