NGC 6769, 6770 and NGC 6771

Colour-composite image showing the triplet of galaxies NGC 6769, 6770 and NGC 6771, as observed with the VIMOS instrument on Melipal, one of the four 8.2-m Unit Telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope. The images were obtained on the morning of 1 April 2004.

Source

http://www.eso.org/gallery/v/ESOPIA/Galaxies/phot-12-04.tif.html
Author

ESO