Hubble Sees Galaxy Swarm

A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211, with numerous galaxies dotting the scene and appearing to cluster around the image center.

The view includes large elliptical galaxies, spiral galaxies, and lenticular galaxies, with faint arcs of distant galaxies gravitationally lensed by the cluster visible in the upper-right quadrant.

Hubble looked at MACS0329-0211 as part of an observing program of X-ray bright galaxy clusters, using its Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3 to gather data on visible and infrared light from the cluster.