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Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689

June 12

This image shows the inner region of Abell 1689, an immense cluster of galaxies located 2.2 billion light-years away. Astronomers used Hubble to map the distrubition of dark matter in the galaxy cluster.

Some Hubble images use data acquired over several days of observations.

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June 12