Galaxy Cluster Abell 520 (CFHT and HST)
The natural-colour image of the galaxies was taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii.
Abell 520 formed from a violent collision of massive galaxy clusters and resides 2.4 billion light-years away.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo1210d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 23 March 2012, 16:31 |
| Size: | 2734 x 1758 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Abell 520 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster • Cosmology Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 2 billion light years |
