From the beginning, it was no contest.

The winner is, the one (that was once four) and only,

MACSJ0717


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apperception came up with this idea way back when I first started the Dancing with the Galaxies polls. I liked the idea and the name, but I didn't want to do it in the midst of the DWTG series. But now that DWTG is long since over, it's time. This time, there will only be one poll, because I could find only four real-life galaxy cluster collision images ( Read more... )

You can still vote if you want, but ESO 593-8 has a solid lead - 5 votes compared to 2 for each of the others - and I don't expect more than about 2 or 3 more votes to trickle in before tomorrow morning anyway.

So...my new default avatar will be ESO 593-8.


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So here it is, the finals round of DWTG. The three winners from the 7-galaxy episodes will face off against each other for the title of best intergalactic dancers and my default avatar.

Poll Dancing with the Galaxies Finals

The contestants:
Episode 1 Winner, Arp 147, the Ring Thing:

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Well...this time there's a 4-way tie ( Read more... )

This will be the second to last interacting galaxy poll - the last poll will be a finals round with only 3 galaxies.

Check out the results from Episode 2 if you want, and then get voting.

Polls close Monday morning.

Poll Dancing with the Galaxies, Episode 3

Contestant line-up:

UGC 12914 & 12915 (SOFIA/USRA)

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NGC 5394 & 5395: 1 vote
Arp 194: 4 votes
NGC 1531 & 1532: 0 votes
NGC 6240: 0 votes
Arp 148: 2 votes
NGC 6670: 0 votes
ESO 593-8: 5 votes

The winner is...ESO 593-8! A fine choice.


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Where else can you get approximately 10 billion times the star power of "Dancing with the Stars?"

You know the drill. Answer the poll. Split the vote if you can't pick just one favorite.

EDIT: The poll is now closed. Please vote in Episode 3.

Oh, and check out Episode 1 Results if you haven't already.

Poll Dancing with the Galaxies, Episode 2The contestants for Episode 2 are ( Read more... )

After filling in the votes of the people who didn't re-vote in the public poll, here's my final count for Round 1 ( Read more... )

Since this was getting very few votes as a friends-only thing, I decided to make it public so people on my f-list can invite people not on my f-list to vote. Detailed results are viewable to only me ( Read more... )