... young stars, gas, and dust rotate in a flat disk around a bulging galactic nucleus ... elliptical galaxy M87 (NGC 4486) is the dominant galaxy of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster ...
... and 47 Tuc is a globular star cluster some 15,000 light-years ... A fifth galactic source (unidentified), just above the center ... the heart of the Perseus galaxy cluster some 233 million light ...
... At lower right, the Hubble infrared view of the galaxy's center also shows young star clusters as bright blue spots but additionally reveals infrared-bright spots corresponding to newborn clusters still hidden from optical view by dust clouds. ...
... 2003 May 5 . NGC 1275: A Galactic Collision . ... NGC 1275 is a member of the Perseus cluster of galaxies that lies about 230 million light years away toward the constellation ...
... 2009 September 25 . Gigagalaxy Zoom: Galactic Center . Credit: ESO / St phane Guisard - Copyright : St phane Guisard . ... vista shows off intricate dust lanes, bright nebulae, and star clusters scattered through our galaxy's rich central starfields ...
... 2009 November 11 . Great Observatories Explore Galactic Center . Credit: NASA , ESA , SSC , CXC , and STScI . ... of vast star fields is visible , along with dense star clusters, long filaments of gas and dust, expanding supernova remnants ...
... 2012 January 6 . A Wide Field Image of the Galactic Center . Image Credit Copyright : Ivan Eder . ... 2010, shows off intricate dust lanes, bright nebulae, and star clusters scattered through our galaxy's rich central starfields ...