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 (w x h) 
 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