Night sky and the galaxy ESO 381-12. A ground-based view of the night sky zooms in past the Milky Way to the galaxy ESO 381-12 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. Also known as PGC 42871, this galaxy is located approximately 270 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus. It is a lenticular galaxy - a hybrid galaxy type that shares properties with both spiral galaxies and elliptical galaxies. The delicate shells of material may be a result of shock waves from relatively recent interaction with another galaxy. | |
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