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Hubble Interacting Galaxy ESO 99-4
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Name: ESO 99-4, ESO 099-G004
Description: Interacting Galaxies
Position (J2000): RA 15h 24m 58.49s Dec -63° 07" 36.3"
Constellation: Triangulum Australe
Distance: 400 million light-years (100 million parsecs)
Instrument: ACS/WFC
Exposure Date(s): April 13, 2002
Exposure Time: 38 minutes
Filters: F435W (B) and F814W (I)
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble      Collaboration, & A. Evans (U of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook      University)
Release Date: April 24, 2008
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ABOUT THIS IMAGE:

ESO 99-4 is a galaxy with a highly peculiar shape that is probably the remnant of an earlier merger process that has deformed it beyond visual recognition, leaving the main body largely obscured by dark bands of dust. ESO 99-4 lies in a rich field of foreground stars, in the constellation of Triangulum Australe, the Southern Triangle, about 400 million light-years away.

This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on April 24, 2008.