Intergalactic Vista From A Lonely Star (artist's impression)
This is an artist's concept of the view of the nighttime sky from the surface of a hypothetical planet orbiting an "intergalactic" star in the Virgo cluster of galaxies, based on recent research with the Hubble Space Telescope.
This is an artist's concept of the view of the nighttime sky from the surface of a hypothetical planet orbiting an 'intergalactic' star in the Virgo cluster of galaxies, based on recent research with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Credit:
James Gitlin (STScI)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9702a |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 14 January 1997, 19:00 |
| Size: | 1500 x 1200 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Virgo Cluster |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System • Local Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
