esahubble_heic1516a July 9th, 2015
Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Goudfrooij (STScI)
The ghostly shells of galaxy ESO 381-12 are captured here in a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, set against a backdrop of distant galaxies. The strikingly uneven structure and the clusters of stars that orbit around the galaxy suggest that ESO 381-12 may have been part of a dramatic collision sometime in its relatively recent past.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1516a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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