Closer Euclid view of Abell 2764

This image is released as part of the Early Release Observations from ESA’s Euclid space mission. All data from these initial observations are made public on 23 May 2024 – including a handful of unprecedented new views of the nearby Universe, this being one.

This image is a higher resolution, close-up cutout from a larger frame featuring the galaxy cluster Abell 2764. All the galaxies seen here show signs of interacting, with their outer regions and halos of stars appearing quite disrupted. This indicates that some intense dynamic changes are taking place within Abell 2764.

[Image description: The image shows tens of galaxies against a background dotted with stars. The galaxies have different shapes. Some are very round and look like haloes of light around bright centres. Other galaxies look smaller or like elongated structures. There are also a couple of spiral galaxies and a handful of stars with diffraction spikes.]