Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1132 3.6

For this week I choseto do the picture of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1132. It contains approximately a trillion stars, and is located toward the constellation Eridanus. This composite picture contains images in the visible and x-ray spectra, from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, as well as the Hubble Telescope. Traces of dark matter are also visible, and the galaxy is approximately 300 million light years away.