Zooming in on ESO 381-12
This video begins with a ground based view of the night sky, before zooming in on the galaxy ESO 381-12 as the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope sees it.
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 Video
Id: | heic1516a |
Release date: | 9 July 2015, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic1516 |
Duration: | 50 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | ESO 381-12, PGC 42871 |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Lenticular |
Category: | Galaxies |