An 'Island Universe' in the Coma Cluster
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 08:49
in Astronomy & Space
A long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image shows a majestic face-on spiral galaxy located deep within the Coma Cluster of galaxies, which lies 320 million light-years away in the northern constellation Coma Berenices. This natural-color image combines data obtained in 2006, 2007, and 2009.