# @hubbleesa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZKcaESnDlp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66442642-hubbleesa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/848c11fffd.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-06-04T12:00:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hubble Space Telescope (@hubbleesa) — https://gondola.cc/hubbleesa

## Caption

Our #HubbleTopImage features a galaxy 😈 which rules the neighbourhood!⁠
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ESO 306-17 is a large, bright elliptical galaxy in the southern sky of a type known as a ‘fossil group’ due to their isolation. But are they really like fossils – what is left of a once-active community – or do they have a more sinister history?⁠
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Did this galaxy ‘gobble up’ its neighbours? 🍴⁠
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Fossil groups may be the most extreme examples of galaxy cannibalism – hungry systems that don’t stop eating until they have devoured all of their neighbours.⁠
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For more information check the link in bio.⁠
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📷 NASA, ESA, and Michael West (ESO)⁠
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#ESA #Hubble

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hubble, hubbletopimage, esa

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