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Perseus A

Galaxy at the heart of the Perseus Cluster, NGC 1275

From the Sun

237 million light-years

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Picture: NASA , ESA and Andy Fabian (University of Cambridge, UK)

What it is

The giant galaxy at the centre of the Perseus Cluster. Its red threads are filaments of cool gas held in shape by magnetic fields, in the hot gas that fills the cluster.

The picture hangs at that distance facing Earth, as large as it is on the sky; how deep the object is cannot be seen, so it is flat.

The picture

Taken by
Hubble Space Telescope
Picture spans
about 270,000 ly
From the Sun
237 million light-years
RA / Dec
49.95° / 41.51°
Credit
NASA , ESA and Andy Fabian (University of Cambridge, UK)

NGC 1275

NGC 1275 is a type 1.5 Seyfert galaxy located around 225 million light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation of Perseus. NGC 1275 is a member of the large Perseus Cluster of galaxies. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 17 October 1786.

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