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Quasar 0316-346 (QSO B0316-3437) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Quasar 0316-346

November 19, 1996 · ESA/Hubble · QSO B0316-3437

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Hubble has captured a tidal tail of dust and gas beneath quasar 0316-346, located 2.2 billion light-years from Earth. The peculiar-shaped tail suggests that the host galaxy has interacted with a passing galaxy that is not in the image.