Hubble image of ESO 381-12
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.
Credit:About the Image
| Id: | heic1516a |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 9 July 2015, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1516 |
| Size: | 3936 x 3849 px |
About the Object
| Name: | ESO 381-12, PGC 42871 |
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| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Lenticular |
| Distance: | 270 million light years |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 44 4.61 |
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| Position (Dec): | -34° 11' 58.48" |
| Field of view: | 3.28 x 3.21 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 129.0° right of vertical |
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