Highlights of The Hercules Galaxy Cluster | European Southern Observatory

Highlights of The Hercules Galaxy Cluster | European Southern Observatory

These highlights, taken from an image of the young Hercules galaxy cluster from the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) and the OmegaCAM camera, show a wide variety of interacting galaxies. The numerous interactions, and the large number of gas-rich, star-forming spiral galaxies in the cluster, make the members of the Hercules cluster look like the young galaxies of the more distant Universe.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM 

Acknowledgement: OmegaCen/Astro-WISE/Kapteyn Institute

Release Date: March 7, 2012

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