Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Listed as Abell 1060, the Hydra Cluster contains well over 100 bright galaxies.
Clusters of galaxies are the largest gravitationally-bound objects in the universe .
All of the bright extended images in the above picture are galaxies in the Hydra Cluster with the exception of unrelated diffraction crosses centered on bright stars. In fact, the Hydra cluster is thought to be part of the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster of galaxies . Similarly, our own Milky Way Galaxy is part of the Local Group of Galaxies which is part of the Virgo Supercluster of Galaxies. Specific rights apply.