ESO 137-001

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ESO 137-001, also known as the Jellyfish Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Triangulum Australe and in the cluster Abell 3627. As the galaxy moves to the center of the galaxy cluster at 1900 km/s, it is stripped by hot gas, thus creating a 260,000 light-year long tail.

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Image: NASA, ESA Acknowledgements: Ming Sun (UAH), and Serge Meunier, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.