Pan on NGC 3256

This video pans over NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of the starburst galaxy NGC 3256, located about 100 million light-years from Earth. The galaxy is the result of a merger between galaxies with similar masses. Even though the collision is estimated to have happened 500 million years ago, the galaxy still bears the marks of this event: luminous tails of gas and dust surround the galaxy and in its centre, new stars are born at a rapid rate.