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Back Hubble observes shapes of more than 7000 faint background galaxies

Hubble observes shapes of more than 7000 faint background galaxies


Depicts: Galaxy Cluster CL0023+1654
Copyright: European Space Agency, NASA and Jean-Paul Kneib (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, France/Caltech, USA)

Five days of observations produced altogether the 39 Hubble Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) images required to map the mass of the galaxy cluster CL0024+1654.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
14-Mar-2026 17:40 UT

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