Panning across Elliptical Galaxy NGC 5018 and its surroundings | ESO

Panning across Elliptical Galaxy NGC 5018 and its surroundings | ESO

This pan video takes a closer look of the elliptical galaxy NGC 5018 and the tender streams of stars and gas left over from dramatic galactic collisions in the past. The extremely sensitive detectors of the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) have captured a myriad of stars, galaxies, and even a few errant asteroids crossing this area of the sky during the long exposures need to obtain the image.

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

Duration: 25 seconds

Release Date: August 8, 2018

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