This is NGC 3312, in the Hydra I cluster, falling victim to an astrophysical robbery: ram pressure stripping.
This image shows a portion of the Hydra I galaxy cluster from the VEGAS mosaic.
Color-composite (gri) image of the Hickson Compact Group of galaxies
Color-composite (gri) image of the group of galaxies centred on NGC3640
Color-composite (gr) image of the SW group of galaxies in the Hydra I cluster
Color-composite (gr) image of the HCG048 group of galaxies, located in the North of the Hydra I cluster
Color-composite (gr) image of the core region in the Hydra I cluster of galaxies
Color composite (gri) image of the central regions of LEO I pair of galaxies
Color-composite (ugri) image of the SW group in the Fornax cluster, centred on the peculiar galaxy NGC1316
Color-composite (ugri) image of the Fornax cluster of galaxies. The bright galaxies on the left, populate the core of the cluster
Color-composite (ugi) image of the group of galaxies centred on NGC5018
Color-composite (ugri) image of the spiral galaxy NGC253, observed during the VST science verification
Color-composite (gri) image of the compact group of galaxies HCG86
Color-composite (gr) image of an ultra diffuse galaxy in the Hydra I cluster
Color-composite (gr) image of the system of two spiral galaxies, NGC3314A (in front) and NGC3314B (behind), in the Hydra I cluster