A Tour of the Sky surrounding Elliptical Galaxy NGC 5018 | ESO

A Tour of the Sky surrounding Elliptical Galaxy NGC 5018 | ESO

This annotated view of the surroundings of the elliptical galaxy NGC 5018 shows many of its neighbors. It also reveals a few asteroids that were captured by chance during the deep exposures needed to reveal the delicate streams of stars between the galaxies.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Spavone et al.

Release Date: August 8, 2018

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