Galaxy Cluster MS1054-03
Exciting Hubble Space Telescope images of more than a dozen very distant colliding galaxies indicate that, at least in some cases, big massive galaxies form through collisions between smaller ones, in a 'generation after generation' never-ending story.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9928h |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 15 July 1999, 06:00 |
| Size: | 340 x 340 px |
About the Object
| Name: | MS1054-03 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting • Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster • Galaxies Images/Videos • Cosmology Images/Videos |
| Distance: | z=0.823 (redshift) |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
