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The area around SpARCS1049+56 (ground-based image) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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The area around SpARCS1049+56 (ground-based image)

September 10, 2015 · ESA/Hubble · Ursa Major

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This image shows the region of sky around the the distant galaxy cluster SpARCS1049+56. It took the light of the cluster 9.8 billion light-years to reach us. The cluster houses at least 27 galaxies, probably more, and has a combined mass equal to 400 trillion Suns.

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