Star clusters
The most remote mature cluster of galaxies yet found
March 9, 2011 · ESA/Hubble · CL J1449+0856
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This image from the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows CL J1449+0856, the most distant mature cluster of galaxies found. The image was taken in infrared light, with colour data added from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and NAOJ’s Subaru Telescope.