Hubble: Zoom Into Abell 2744 (Pandora's Cluster) [1080p]

This sequence starts with a broad view of the southern skies. We close in on an apparently empty region of sky in the faint constellation of Sculptor. As we zoom in further we can start to make out a cloud of faint galaxies that is revealed in the final NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image to be a spectacularly rich merging cluster of galaxies called Abell 2744, and nicknamed Pandora's Cluster. This remarkable object seems to be the result of the collision of at least four separate galaxy clusters.

credit: ESO/NASA/ESA and J. Merten (Heidelberg/Bologna)/D. Coe (STScI)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/A. Fujii

source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1111c/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Hubble Space Telescope
• Abell 2744
• Pandora's Cluster
• galaxy cluster

[popnstart]

Felt as though I was on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise going about warp 8(64 times C)!! Nice work and thanks for posting.

[simonviegas]

Bem ali no lado!!! rs

(Right there on the side.)