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Hidden : 10/26/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Cartwheel

The Cartwheel Galaxy is a lenticular galaxy about 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. It is about 150,000 light-years across. The galaxy was once a normal galaxy like the Milky Way before it underwent a head-on collision with a nearby galaxy. When the nearby galaxy passed through the Cartwheel Galaxy, the force of the collision caused a powerful shock wave through the galaxy, like a rock being tossed into a sandbed. Moving at high speed, the shock wave swept up gas and dust, creating a starburst around the galaxy's center portion that were unscathed. This explains the bluish ring around the center, brighter portion.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pbhyq or qvssvphyg gb svaq va gur jvagre qrcraqvat ba gur nzbhag bs fabj.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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