Galaxies spin clockwise?

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by harry » Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:48 am

Ok

sometimes seeing the spins of colliding galaxies can give you some form of satisfaction

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041121.html

Both have opposite spin

Galaxies spin

by fionacat1 » Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:36 pm

Thanks for the replies!

Pete Peterman

by Empeda2 » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:21 pm

No, we view many different galaxies at many different angles, as ar as I'm aware there no relation of that sort. Worth a question though! :)

by gordhaddow » Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:55 pm

Sort of depends on whether we're seeing them from the 'top' or the 'bottom', doesn't it? It also depends on whether the images they are showing us have been 'corrected' for presentation, or whether they are still the reversed images as recorded by the receivers.

Galaxies spin clockwise?

by fionacat1 » Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:37 am

I'm a non-astronomer, non-scientist.

Quick question. I've noticed on the APOD that galaxies all seem to spin in a clockwise direction. Is this so? Don't any of them spin in a counter-clockwise direction?

Thanks.

Pete Peterman

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