Hubble Space Telescope Image of the Four Giant Galaxies at the Heart of Cluster Abell 3827 (IMAGE)

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Hubble Space Telescope Image of the Four Giant Galaxies at the Heart of Cluster Abell 3827

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Hubble Space Telescope image of the four giant galaxies at the heart of cluster Abell 3827. An almost three-hour exposure shows the view at wavelengths visible to the human eye, and the near infrared, as used in the original 2015 study. The distorted image of a more distant galaxy behind the cluster is faintly visible, wrapped around the four galaxies.

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NASA/ESA/Richard Massey (Durham University)

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