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Old 13-10-2015, 05:16 PM
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Hi

Apologies for dredging this thread up again, but I just found out that the small orange galaxy cluster immediately below NGC300 in this view is a recognised (merging?) cluster CL0053-37 https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0221d/

It is at a redshift of z=0.1625, which is why it is orange and which puts it at over 2 billion light years away! gosh this universe is fascinating

regards Ray
Thinking Drake again? What is the calculation this time? It is indeed a fascinating universe.
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