HUBBLE ATLAS

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Panning across ESO 381-12

July 9, 2015 · ESA/Hubble

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This video pans over NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of 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.