Open in 3DWhat it is
A cluster rich in spiral and colliding galaxies, part of the Hercules Superclusters.
Placed by its redshift, at the distance the expansion has carried it to by now; the dots around it are galaxies of the 2MASS and SDSS surveys, placed the same way.
In numbers
- From the Sun
- 523 million ly
- Redshift
- 0.0365
- RA / Dec
- 241.31° / 17.74°
Hercules Cluster
The Hercules Cluster is a cluster of about 200 galaxies some 500 million light-years distant in the constellation Hercules. It is rich in spiral galaxies and shows many interacting galaxies. The cluster is part of the larger Hercules Supercluster, which is itself part of the much larger Great Wall super-structure.
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Galaxy clusters and great walls
- Virgo ClusterGalaxy cluster · 55 million light-years3D
- Fornax ClusterGalaxy cluster · 69 million light-years3D
- Centaurus ClusterGalaxy cluster · 150 million light-years3D
- Hydra ClusterGalaxy cluster · 179 million light-years3D
- Pisces–Perseus SuperclusterSupercluster · 233 million light-years3D
- Norma Cluster (Great Attractor)Galaxy cluster · 234 million light-years3D
- Perseus ClusterGalaxy cluster · 247 million light-years3D
- Leo Cluster (Abell 1367)Galaxy cluster · 315 million light-years3D
- Coma ClusterGalaxy cluster · 345 million light-years3D
- CfA2 Great WallWall of galaxies · 345 million light-years3D
- Shapley SuperclusterSupercluster · 691 million light-years3D
- Sloan Great WallWall of galaxies · 1.11 billion light-years3D