Astronomy Picture of the Day ·

Abell 2744: Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 29, 2011 is “Abell 2744: Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies,” an image. It is credited to Image Credit: NASA , ESA , J. Merten ( ITA , AOB ), & D. Coe ( STScI ). The original explanation runs about 153 words.

Abell 2744: Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies
Credit: Image Credit: NASA , ESA , J. Merten ( ITA , AOB ), & D. Coe ( STScI ) Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“Why is this cluster of galaxies so jumbled? Far from a smooth distribution, Abell 2744 not only has knots of galaxies, but the X-ray emitting hot gas (colored red) in the cluster appears distributed differently than the dark matter .”

— APOD editors, June 29, 2011

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
June 29, 2011
Type
Image
Credit
Credit: Image Credit: NASA , ESA , J. Merten ( ITA , AOB ), & D. Coe ( STScI )
Copyright
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Explanation length
About 153 words

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Galaxies

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