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Galaxy Cluster MACS J0717

MACS J0717.5+3745 (or MACS J0717 for short), one of the most complex and distorted galaxy clusters known, is the site of a collision between four clusters. It is located about 5.4 billion light-years away from Earth.

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Title: Galaxy Cluster MACS J0717

Caption: MACS J0717.5+3745 (or MACS J0717 for short), one of the most complex and distorted galaxy clusters known, is the site of a collision between four clusters. It is located about 5.4 billion light-years away from Earth.

Category: Astronomy & Space

Credit: Album / Science Source / NASA, ESA, CXC, NRAO/AUI/NSF, STScI, and R. van Weeren (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

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Image size: 4200 × 4200 px | 50.5 MB

Print size: 35.6 × 35.6 cm | 1653.5 × 1653.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMICAL OBJECT • ASTRONOMICAL • ASTRONOMY & SPACE • ASTRONOMY • CELESTIAL BODY • CELESTIAL OBJECT • COLLIDING • COLLISION • CRASH • DARK MATTER • DEEP SKY • DEEP SPACE • FORMING STAR • GALAXIAS • GALAXIES • GALAXY CLUSTER • GALAXY • GRAVITATION • GRAVITY • HEAVENLY BODY • HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE • LIGHT • MACS J0717 • MACSJ0717 • MERGING • NEBULA • NEBULAE • OUTERSPACE • RADIATION • RADIATIONS • SCIENCE • SMASH-UP • SPACE (COSMOS) • SPACE EXPLORATION • SPACE • SPATIAL • STAR CLUSTER • STAR FORMATION • STAR • STELLAR WIND • UNIVERSE • RADIATIONS