APOD: 2020 November 7 - The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies

Maj William W. 'Bill' Price my friend, rest assured, I have said it many times before, " nobody does it better from above". Thank you forToday's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies." Located between the constellations Hercules, Corona Borealis, and Serpens. HAVE A GREAT DAY AND STAY SAFE!

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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, November 7, 2020 entitled "The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies."

Image: The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies - Image Credit & Copyright - Howard Trottier

I hope and pray that each you healthy and those you love are healthy this weekend.

APOD Background
"Explanation: These are galaxies of the Hercules Cluster, an archipelago of island universes a mere 500 million light-years away. Also known as Abell 2151, this cluster is loaded with gas and dust rich, star-forming spiral galaxies but has relatively few elliptical galaxies, which lack gas and dust and the associated newborn stars. The colors in this deep composite image clearly show the star forming galaxies with a blue tint and galaxies with older stellar populations with a yellowish cast. The sharp picture spans about 1/2 degree across the cluster center, corresponding to over 4 million light-years at the cluster's estimated distance. Diffraction spikes around brighter foreground stars in our own Milky Way galaxy are produced by the imaging telescope's mirror support vanes. In the cosmic vista many galaxies seem to be colliding or merging while others seem distorted - clear evidence that cluster galaxies commonly interact. In fact, the Hercules Cluster itself may be seen as the result of ongoing mergers of smaller galaxy clusters and is thought to be similar to young galaxy clusters in the much more distant, early Universe."

The Good the Bad and the Queen-Herculean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSj0dkqBiWc

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Thanks for today's Apod and good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price