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Distant galaxy cluster MS1054-0321

author: Nasa/Stsci/Novapix

reference: a-amg90-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 13 * 13 cm

The galaxy cluster MS1054-0321, containing thousands of galaxies and trillions of stars, weighing the equivalent of several thousand of our Milky Way, is 8 billion light-years from Earth. The image, taken by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, shows a view of the galaxies in the heart of the cluster. The Hubble telescope image was taken in 1996. The exposure time was four hours.

Keywords for this photo:

1996 - ASTRONOMY - COSMOLOGY - DARK MATTER - DISTANT GALAXIES - GALAXY - GALAXY CLUSTER - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE -