A Composite HST/ALMA Image of the Four Central Galaxies at the Heart of Cluster Abell 3827 (IMAGE)

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A Composite HST/ALMA Image of the Four Central Galaxies at the Heart of Cluster Abell 3827

Caption

A view of the four central galaxies at the heart of cluster Abell 3827, at a broader range of wavelengths, including Hubble Space Telescope imaging in the ultraviolet (shown as blue), and Atacama Large Millimetre Array imaging at very long (sub-mm) wavelengths (shown as red contour lines). At these wavelengths, the foreground cluster becomes nearly transparent, enabling the background galaxy to be more clearly seen. It is now easier to identify how that background galaxy has been distorted.

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NASA/ESA/ESO/Richard Massey (Durham University)

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