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: | 15205 x 15139 px |
About the Object
Name: | Virgo Cluster |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
Distance: | 55 million light years |
Constellation: | Virgo |
Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
40.1 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
17.5 MB
Publication JPEG
2.3 MB
Screensize JPEG
181.7 KB
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 12 30 53.34 |
Position (Dec): | 12° 29' 0.34" |
Field of view: | 382.99 x 381.32 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.8° left of vertical |