Galactic Cannibalism: IMAX project Colliding Galaxies
The Movie
- Discipline
- Astronomy, Astrophysics
- Date
- 4/18/94
- Version
- 1
- Main Use
- Public Presentation
- Scientific Simulation
- Gerber, Richard - UIUC; Lamb, Susan - UIUC; Balsara, Dinshaw - UIUC/NCSA
- Visualization
- Cox, Donna, McNeill, Mike; Patterson, Robert
- Producers
- Norman, Mike - NCSA; Gerber, Richard - Scientist; Wyatt, Scott - UIUC/Music; Marvin, Jeff; Silleck, Bayley - Cosmic Voyage, Inc.; Harwit, Martin - Dir. of Air & Space Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
- Software
- Wavefront Technologies & Inhouse Visualization Software
- Description
"Galactic Cannibalism": large galaxies are created through the merger
of smaller ones. Two spiral galaxies, pulled together by their mutual
gravitational attraction collide. The Cray-2 scientific simulation
represents a 500 million year timescale with 25,000 stars per galaxy.
Gas density, nuclear bulges, and supernovae explosions are represented.
