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Panning across PGC 6240

October 10, 2013 · ESA/Hubble

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This video pans across Hubble observations of PGC 6240. The shells that make up the galaxy were caused by a galactic merger some time in the recent past, an event that disrupted and shaped the material in the galaxy.