Hydra Cluster
March 31, 2003
Atlas Image mosaic, covering 1° × 1° on the sky of the Hydra Cluster of galaxies, aka Abell (ACO) 1060. More than a hundred galaxies are seen clustered toward the southern constellation Hydra. The "haloes" around the infrared bright Milky Way foreground stars (HD 92036, a M-type giant to the northeast, and HD 91964, a K-type giant to the southwest; the halo of the brighter star is truncated, due to the 2MASS scan edge) dominate the image. 2002 Apr 24-30
Topics:
Technology Internet, Galaxy clusters, Spiral galaxies, Local Group, HD 92036, HD 91964, Hydra Cluster, 2MASS, Large-scale structure of the cosmos, Galaxy, Milky Way
