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Northern part of Abell 1758

Northern part of Abell 1758


Date: 17 January 2018
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: Abell 1758
Copyright: ESA/Hubble, NASA, CC BY 4.0

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the northern part of the galaxy cluster Abell 1758, A1758N. The cluster is approximately 3.2 billion light-years from Earth and is part of a larger structure containing two cluster sitting some 2.4 million light-years apart.

But A1758N itself is further split into two sub-sections, known as East (A1758NE) and West (A1758NW). There appear to be disturbances within both of these sub-sections – strong evidence that they are the result of smaller clusters colliding and merging.

 
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Last Update: 1 September 2019
29-Mar-2024 00:47 UT

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