Wide-field view of the Virgo cluster of galaxies (ground-based image)
Virgo cluster of galaxies image taken with the Palomar Observatory 48-inch Schmidt telescope as part of the Digitized Sky Survey.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey
Acknowledgment: Z. Levay (STScI) and D. De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | heic0815i |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 5 August 2008, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0815 |
| Size: | 2846 x 2756 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Virgo Cluster |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | 55 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
DSS |
| Infrared I |
DSS |
