Coma Galaxy Cluster Details | Hubble Space Telescope

Coma Galaxy Cluster Details | Hubble Space Telescope

Lenticular galaxy in the Coma Cluster with numerous background galaxies.

On the right, a spiral galaxy in the Coma Cluster.

Varied galaxy types in the Coma Cluster.

Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys has viewed a large portion of the Coma Cluster, stretching across several million light-years across. The entire spherical cluster is more than 20 million light-years in diameter and contains thousands of galaxies.

Distance: 300 million light years

Most of the galaxies that inhabit the central portion of the Coma Cluster are elliptical galaxies. These featureless "fuzz-balls" are a pale golden brown in color and contain populations of old stars. Dwarf and giant ellipticals are found in abundance in the Coma Cluster.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).

Acknowledgment: D. Carter (Liverpool John Moores University) and the Coma HST ACS Treasury Team.

Release Date: June 10, 2008

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