Hercules and Leo supercluster (IMAGE)

Estonian Research Council

Hercules and Leo supercluster — Caption

Each coloured circle depicts a galaxy group or cluster. The richest galaxy clusters are marked in red; these are the richest galaxy clusters in the Hercules and Leo superclusters. The side panels show the brightest galaxies of these clusters from the Sloan Digital Database. The yellow, green and blue circles represent galaxy groups from the brightest to the faintest.

Credit

Maret Einasto

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