The area around ESO 381-12 (ground-based image)
This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the area around galaxy ESO 381-12.
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.
Credit:About the Image
Id: | heic1516b |
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Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 9 July 2015, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic1516 |
Size: | 10517 x 10509 px |
About the Object
Name: | ESO 381-12, PGC 42871 |
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Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Lenticular |
Constellation: | Centaurus |
Category: | Galaxies |