Astronomy:Abell 1185
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Short description: Galaxy cluster in the constellation Ursa Major
Coordinates: 
011h 10m 31.4s, +28° 43′ 39″
| Abell 1185 | |
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| Observation data (Epoch J2000) | |
| Constellation(s) | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 11h 10m 31.4s[1] |
| Declination | +28° 43′ 39″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.0314[1] |
| Distance (co-moving) | 122.64 Mpc (400.00 Mly) [2] |
| X-ray flux | 12.80[1] |
| Other designations | |
| ACO 1185, 2E 1108.0+2859, RGH 29, [F81] 192, ClG 1108.2+2857, FR 58, RXC J1110.5+2842, [S85] 75, DOC NRGs117, HMS 1107+2852, RX J1110.6+2843, 2E 2405, RASSCALS NRGs117, 1RXS J111039.6+284316 | |
Abell 1185 is a galaxy cluster located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is approximately 400 million light-years away from Earth and spans one million light-years across. It is a member of the Leo Supercluster. One of its brightest galaxies is NGC 3550.
The cluster also contains NGC 3552, NGC 3553, NGC 3554, NGC 3558 and NGC 3561.
Gallery
center of Abell 1185 with Hubble
NGC 3561, which is part of this galaxy cluster, with the Schulman 0.8m Telescope on the Mount Lemmon Observatory
_within_galaxy_cluster_Abell_1185_-_N3561s.jpg)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "ACO 1185". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=ACO+1185.
- ↑ "The Eye of the Storm". ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1218a/. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
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