interacting galaxy

C31453
concept

An interacting galaxy is a galaxy whose structure and evolution are being significantly influenced by the gravitational effects of one or more nearby galaxies, often leading to tidal distortions, starbursts, and eventual merging.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
interacting galaxy canonical 6

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: interacting galaxy
Generated description
An interacting galaxy is a galaxy whose structure and evolution are being significantly influenced by the gravitational effects of one or more nearby galaxies, often leading to tidal distortions, starbursts, and eventual merging.

Instances (6)

Instance Via concept surface
NGC 7318B
NGC 6872
IC 2163
NGC 2207
NGC 4567
NGC 7174