Central part of the Virgo cluster of galaxies

by: R.Gendler/Novapix
Reference: a-amg02-00053
Date: 2006-05-08

Image of the central portion of the great Virgo/Coma cluster including Markarians chain. Located about 70 million light years away, The Virgo cluster is a gigantic collection of several thousand galaxies that dominate our local part of the universe.

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