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The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies

Explanation:

Date February 16, 2023
Credit Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi , Angus Lau, Tommy Tse
Text: ChatGPT (apologies to Edgar Allen Poe )
Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC,
NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U.