Stellar Shells Around Lenticular Galaxy ESO 381-12 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Stellar Shells Around Lenticular Galaxy ESO 381-12 / NASA Hubble
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| 説明 | The ghostly shells of stars within lenticular galaxy ESO 381-12 are set against a backdrop of distant galaxies in this image from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys. Lenticular galaxies have characteristics partly shared with spiral galaxies and partly with ellipticals.ESO 381-12 is located in the direction of the constellation Centaurus at a distance of 279 million light-years from Earth. The strikingly uneven structure and the clusters of stars that orbit around this galaxy suggest that ESO 381-12 may have been part of a dramatic collision sometime in its relatively recent past. Spiral galaxy ESO 381-13 (or PGC 42877), which may be interacting with ESO 381-12, is on the right edge of the frame.For more information, visit: www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1516a/Credit: NASA, ESA, and P. Goudfrooij (STScI)Find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube |
| 撮影日 | 2014-08-06 13:44:23 |
| 撮影者 | NASA Hubble |
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