HUBBLE ATLAS
Northern part of Abell 1758 — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Northern part of Abell 1758

January 18, 2018 · ESA/Hubble · Canes Venatici

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This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the northern part of the galaxy cluster Abell 1758, A1758N. The cluster is approximately 3.2 billion light-years from Earth and is part of a larger structure containing two cluster sitting some 2.4 million light-years apart.

But A1758N itself is further split into two sub-sections, known as East (A1758NE) and West (A1758NW). There appear to be disturbances within both of these sub-sections — strong evidence that they are the result of smaller clusters colliding and merging.