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The Hercules Galaxy Cluster: "A Collection of Miniatures" (Wide-field) | ESO

The Hercules Galaxy Cluster: "A Collection of Miniatures" (Wide-field) | ESO


The galaxy cluster appears as a tiny swarm of faint galaxies close to the center of the image. This visible-light wide-field image of the region around the Hercules cluster of galaxies was created from photographs taken through blue and red filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. 


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO) and Digitized Sky Survey 2 

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Release Date: March 7, 2012


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