The area around ESO 381-12 (ground-based image)
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.
Credit:About the Image
| Id: | heic1516b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 9 July 2015, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1516 |
| Size: | 10517 x 10509 px |
About the Object
| Name: | ESO 381-12, PGC 42871 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Lenticular |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 44 5.17 |
| Position (Dec): | -34° 12' 7.26" |
| Field of view: | 178.81 x 178.68 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 1.0° right of vertical |
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