Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies
This image from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the diverse collection of galaxies in the cluster Abell S0740 that is over 450 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Centaurus.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0708a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 5 February 2007, 15:00 |
| Size: | 3430 x 3813 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Abell S0740, ESO 325-G004 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster • Galaxies Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 450 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
475 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical R |
625 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
