Hubble photographed an extraordinary cluster of galaxies in the constellation Canis Hound.
July 11, 2023
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope photographed the extraordinary galaxy cluster eMACS J1353.7+4329. This was reported by the NASA observatory, Ukrinform reports. eMACS J1353.7+4329 was noted to be approximately
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope photographed the extraordinary galaxy cluster eMACS J1353.7+4329.
This was reported by the NASA observatory, Ukrinform reports.
eMACS J1353.7+4329 was noted to be approximately eight billion light-years from Earth in the constellation of Canis Hounds.
The image itself shows a collection of at least two galaxy clusters in the process of merging to form a “space beast” in the form of a single giant cluster that acts as a gravitational lens.
Photograph: NASA/ESA
A gravitational lens is a massive body (a planet, a star) or a system of bodies (a galaxy, a galaxy cluster) that bends the direction of radiation propagation by a gravitational field, just as an ordinary lens bends a light beam.
The telescope was able to take such a picture thanks to its two cameras, the Wide Field Camera 3 and the Advanced Camera for Research.
The constellation Hounds Dogs is a constellation of the northern hemisphere of the sky. It contains 57 stars visible to the naked eye.
As reported by Ukrinform, the NASA/ESA Hubble space telescope photographed spiral galaxy UGC 11860 in the Pegasus constellation.
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