NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope photographed the ACO S520 galaxy cluster in the constellation The Painter with its Advanced Camera for Surveys camera.
This was reported by the observatory, Ukrinform reports.
In addition to several large elliptical galaxies, a ring-shaped galaxy lurks to the right of this image.
A pair of bright stars, distinguished by their colorful cross-diffraction flares, are also visible on the left.
It is stated that galaxy clusters are among the largest known objects in the universe, and examining these objects can provide information about the distribution of dark matter, which is responsible for most of the mass of the galaxy cluster.
The massive masses of galaxy clusters “force” many to act like gravitational lenses, which distort and magnify light from more distant objects.
This could allow astronomers to use galaxy clusters as a kind of natural gravitational telescope to detect distant objects that are normally too faint to discern even with Hubble’s crystal-clear vision.
As reported by Ukrinform, the NASA/ESA Hubble space telescope photographed the spiral galaxy with the bridge UGC 678 in the constellation Pisces.