The Coma Galaxy Cluster: Wide-field View (ground-based image)

The Coma Galaxy Cluster: Wide-field View (ground-based image)

NGC 4921 is the small circular galaxy below and a little to the right of the center of the image. This is a wide-field image of the region around the Coma Galaxy Cluster (Abell 1656) constructed from the images in the Digitized Sky Survey. The field-of-view is approximately 2.7 x 2.85 degrees.

Distance: 300 million light years

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and the Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Release Date: February 5, 2009

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