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Tidal tail

A tidal tail is a thin, elongated region of stars and interstellar gas that extends into space from a galaxy. Tidal tails occur as a result of galactic tide forces between interacting galaxies. Examples of galaxies with tidal tails include the Tadpole Galaxy and the Mice Galaxies. Tidal forces can eject a significant amount of a galaxy's gas into the…

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Tidal tails of clusters

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Tidal tail

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples41
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Tidal tail

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related to Tidal tails of clusters · 12
Tidal tail → Alessi, ASCC, Blanco, COIN-Gaia, Collinder, Melotte, NGC, Roslund, Theia, There, These, Tidal
related to history · 7
Tidal tail → Alar Toomre, Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov, Fritz Zwicky, However, Several, The, Zwicky
related to Morphology · 6
Tidal tail → Antennae Galaxies, Galaxy, Gravitational, Some, The, When
related to Gas content · 5
Tidal tail → Additionally, CO, H2, HI, Tidal
related to Observational properties · 5
Tidal tail → Identifying, Most, Neutral, Star-forming, Tidal
related to Stellar composition · 4
Tidal tail → Along, In, Overall, Star
is a · 1
Tidal tail → thin
related to Gallery · 1
Tidal tail → Arc-shaped

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Tidal tailis athin0.90text
Tidal tailrelated to GalleryArc-shaped0.60section
Tidal tailrelated to Gas contentTidal0.60section
Tidal tailrelated to Gas contentHI0.60section
Tidal tailrelated to Gas contentH20.60section
Tidal tailrelated to Gas contentCO0.60section
Tidal tailrelated to Gas contentAdditionally0.60section
Tidal tailrelated to historyThe0.60section
Tidal tailrelated to historyFritz Zwicky0.60section
Tidal tailrelated to historySeveral0.60section
Tidal tailrelated to historyZwicky0.60section
Tidal tailrelated to historyBoris Vorontsov-Velyaminov0.60section

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