A series of dusty spiral arms appears reddish brown against the whiter disk of the galaxy, and suggests that this galaxy has been disturbed at some point in the past. It is distinctly brighter and bluer than galaxies surrounding it.

One bright spiral galaxy is visible in the upper left of the image. They are made up of older stars and show little evidence of recent star formation however, they do show some assemblage of structure - perhaps a bar or a ring, which may give rise to a more disk-like feature.

In between the ellipticals and spirals is a morphological class of objects known as S0 (S-zero) galaxies. Spiral arms and dust lanes 'accessorize' these bright bluish-white galaxies that show a distinctive disk structure. These galaxies have clouds of cold gas that are giving birth to new stars. Both dwarf, as well as giant ellipticals, are found in abundance in the Coma Cluster.įarther out from the center of the cluster are several spiral galaxies. These featureless 'fuzz-balls' are pale goldish brown in color and contain populations of old stars. Most of the galaxies that inhabit the central portion of the Coma Cluster are ellipticals. The view covers a large portion near the center of the cluster, spanning several million light-years across, but the entire cluster stretches for more than 20 million light-years. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the magnificent starry population of the Coma Cluster of galaxies, one of the densest known galaxy collections in the universe.

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