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The Peculiar Galaxy NGC 3256 in Vela | Hubble

The Peculiar Galaxy NGC 3256 in Vela | Hubble


This image, taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), both installed on the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope, shows the peculiar galaxy NGC 3256. The galaxy is about 100 million light-years from Earth and is the result of a past galactic merger, which created its distorted appearance. As such, NGC 3256 provides an ideal target to investigate starbursts that have been triggered by galaxy mergers.


Credit: European Space Agency/Hubble, NASA

Release Date: May 31, 2018


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