PIA07906: Virgo Galaxy Cluster
This ultraviolet image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer is of a small area of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
Target Name: Virgo Galaxy Cluster
Mission: Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Spacecraft: GALEX Orbiter
Instrument: GALEX Telescope
Product Size: 2274 x 2274 pixels (width x height)
Produced By: California Institute of Technology
Full-Res TIFF: PIA07906.tif (15.53 MB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA07906.jpg (575.3 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Ultraviolet image of a small area of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC

Image Addition Date:
2005-05-05