Have a Cosmic Christmas! Panning across Galaxy NGC 4696 | Hubble

Have a Cosmic Christmas! Panning across Galaxy NGC 4696 | Hubble

This picture, taken by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, is not just a beautiful snapshot of NGC 4696, the largest galaxy in the Centaurus Cluster (galaxy cluster Abell 3526). It is also an illustration of the rich variety of objects that astronomers can see with the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble and NASA

Duration: 32 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 17, 2016

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