Hubble image of ESO 381-12
Date: 09 July 2015
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: ESO 381-12
Copyright: NASA, ESA, P. Goudfrooij (STScI)
The ghostly shells of galaxy ESO 381-12 are captured here in a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, set against a backdrop of distant galaxies. 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.
Last Update: 1 September 2019