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Gemini North Telescope Focuses on Giant Elliptical Galaxy in Perseus Cluster
Top Stories Tamfitronics Using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini North telescope at NSF’s International Gemini Observatory, operated by NOIRLab, astronomers have captured a stunning image of NGC 1270 and several other galaxies in the central region of the enormous Perseus galaxy cluster.NGC 1270 is just one member of the Perseus cluster, an enormous group of thousands of galaxies that lies around 240 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Perseus. Image credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. Miller & M. Rodriguez, International Gemini Observatory & NSF NOIRLab / T.A. Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage & NSF NOIRLab / M. Zamani, NSF NOIRLab / PI: Jisu Kang, Seoul National University.NGC 1270 is located about 250 million light-years away in the constellation of Perseus.This elliptical galaxy was...
