Image: Heic1401a-Abell2744-20140107

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Description: Hubble Frontier Fields view of Abell 2744 http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1401a/ This image of Abell 2744 is the first to come from Hubble's Frontier Fields observing programme, which is using the magnifying power of enormous galaxy clusters to peer deep into the distant Universe. Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora's Cluster, is thought to have a very violent history, having formed from a cosmic pile-up of multiple galaxy clusters. Abell 2744 is the first of six targets for an observing programme known as Frontier Fields. This three-year, 840-orbit programme will yield our deepest views of the Universe to date, using the power of Hubble to explore more distant regions of space than could otherwise be seen, by observing gravitational lensing effects around six different galaxy clusters.
Title: Heic1401a-Abell2744-20140107
Credit: HubbleSite: NewsCenter
Author: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz, M. Mountain, A. Koekemoer, and the HFF Team (STScI). "Image/Video Use Policy Space Telescope imagery is free for anyone to use." => http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1401a/ and http://www.spacetelescope.org/copyright/
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