NGC 4458 in the Virgo cluster of galaxies

Virgo cluster galaxy NGC 4458. Hubble's "eye" is so sharp that it was able to pick out the fuzzy globular clusters, which, at that distance, look like individual stars bunched up around the galaxies, instead of groupings of stars.

Credit:

ESA, NASA and E. Peng (Peking University, Beijing)

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Press Release
Id:heic0815c
Release date:Aug 5, 2008, 15:00 CEST
Related release:heic0815
Size:2000 x 2000 px

About the Object

Name:NGC 4458
Type:• Galaxies Images/Videos

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