GALAXY CRASH

The Antennae

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Look

Colour

Exposure

Glow

Dust lanes

Core orbits

Camera

Follow

Drift around slowly when idle

Stars

More stars look smoother but ask more of your GPU.

Design a collision

Changes relaunch the collision as you go.

Companion mass

Closest approach

Orbit

Galaxy A

Tilt

Twist

Galaxy B

Tilt

Twist

Tilt 0° spins with the orbit (long tails); 180° spins against it.

GALAXY CRASH

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