Zooming in on the Hercules galaxy cluster
This zoom video sequence begins with a wide view of the large constellation of Hercules. As we zoom in we start to see a faint swarm of distant galaxies. These form the Hercules galaxy cluster, one of the youngest and most unusual of such clusters in the nearby Universe. The final image shows a very detailed view of this cluster from the VST telescope, the latest telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.
Credit:ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM/A. Fujii/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Music: John Dyson (from the album Moonwind).
About the Video
| Id: | eso1211a |
| Release date: | 7 March 2012, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1211 |
| Duration: | 56 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Abell 2151 |
| Category: | Galaxy Clusters |
