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Galaxy Cluster Abell 2218 - a Cosmic Magnifying Glass

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Scanning the heavens for the first time since the successful December 1999 servicing mission, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a giant, cosmic magnifying glass, a massive cluster of galaxies called Abell 2218. This 'hefty' cluster resides in the constellation Draco, some 2 billion light-years from Earth.

Credit: NASA, ESA, Andrew Fruchter (STScI), and the ERO team (STScI + ST-ECF)

 

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Id:heic9910b
Object:Abell 2218
Type:Galaxy, Cosmology
Instru-ment:WFPC2
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