Visible-Light Image of Galaxy Cluster MS 0735
This image of galaxy cluster MS 0735.6+7421 was taken with NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in February 2006. The Advanced Camera for Surveys image shows dozens of galaxies bound together by gravity. Diffuse, hot gas with a temperature of nearly 50 million degrees permeates the space between the galaxies. A supermassive black hole weighing nearly a billion times the mass of our Sun lurks in the nucleus of the bright central galaxy.
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About the Object
| Name: | MS 0735.6+742 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | z=0.216 (redshift) |
| Constellation: | Camelopardalis |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 7 41 42.36 |
| Position (Dec): | 74° 14' 53.18" |
| Field of view: | 4.54 x 4.55 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |