Zoom-in on Peculiar Galaxy NGC 3256 | Hubble

Zoom-in on Peculiar Galaxy NGC 3256 | Hubble

This video zooms in on the spiral galaxy NGC 3256, about 100 million light-years away. It starts with a view of the night sky focused on the constellation of Vela (The Sails), as seen from the ground. It then zooms through observations from the Digitized Sky Survey 2, and ends with a view of the galaxy obtained with the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope.

Credit: European Space Agency/Hubble, NASA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: May 31, 2018

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