Cluster of galaxies in Hydra
This distant cluster of galaxies in the constellation Hydra clearly shows the mythological water serpent. KPNO 4-meter Mayall telescope, 1974.
Credit:NOIRLab/AURA/NSF
About the Image
| Id: | noao-02351 |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:33 p.m. |
| Size: | 2500 x 2000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Hydra Cluster |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 8 58 0.89 |
| Position (Dec): | 3° 13' 7.07" |
| Field of view: | 15.75 x 12.48 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 1.2° left of vertical |
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