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Wide-field image of the Virgo constellation (ground-based image)


Date: 12 September 2013
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: A1689-zD1, Abell 1689
Copyright: NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)


An image of the region of sky around Abell 1689 in the constellation of Virgo, from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field-of-view is approximately 2.9 × 2.7 degrees.

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