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The area around ESO 381-12 (ground-based image) (ESO 381-12 , PGC 42871) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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The area around ESO 381-12 (ground-based image)

July 9, 2015 · ESA/Hubble · ESO 381-12 , PGC 42871 · Centaurus

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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.

More Hubble images of ESO 381-12 , PGC 42871