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Chapter 15, Figure 30
Figure
15.30
Computer
simulation of the birth of a galaxy similar to the Milkyway. The top three
frames (A), (B), and (C), show the initial state of the gas and the development
of a clump that becomes the galaxy, illustrated in the bottom two frames (D)
and (E). Notice the thin disk and spiral arms. (Courtesy Neal Katz,
U. of Massachusetts, and James E. Gunn, Princeton.)
