Hickson Compact Group 86, VST image
VST image of Hickson Compact Group 86 galaxy cluster (centre, orange). This is a cluster of four galaxies that lie around 270 million light years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. The galaxies are arranged in a triangle shape: three galaxies in a line and one underneath.
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Photo credit: © EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY/Ragusa, Spavone et al./SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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