stsci_1998-26d August 19th, 1998
Credit: HST Megan Donahue (STSCI) Ground
The image is a color composite taken by ground-based and X-ray observatories showing the entire galaxy cluster surrounded by background and foreground galaxies. The blue color in the center of the image represents the huge amount of hot gas that fills the space between the galaxies in the cluster.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998-26
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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