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most citedAn almost head-on collision as the origin of two off-centre rings in the Andromeda galaxy

133 citations

researchers with a paper here

David L. Block1
F. Bournaud1
F. Combes1
G. G. Fazio1
M. A. Pahre1
M. L. N. Ashby1
P. Barmby1
R. Groess1
S. P. Willner1

collaborating institutions

CEA Paris-SaclayFR1 paper
Center for Astrophysics Harvard & SmithsonianUS1 paper
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesFR1 paper
DSM (Netherlands)NL1 paper
Harvard UniversityUS1 paper
Laboratoire d’Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et AtmosphèresFR1 paper
Observatoire de ParisFR1 paper
University of the WitwatersrandZA1 paper

1 paper

astro-ph2006★ 133 cited

An almost head-on collision as the origin of two off-centre rings in the Andromeda galaxy

D. L. Block, F. Bournaud, F. Combes +6

The unusual morphology of the Andromeda Spiral (Messier 31, the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way) has long been an enigma. Although regarded for decades as showing little evi…