Astronomy:Abell 3412
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Short description: Galaxy cluster in the constellation Hydra
| Abell 3412 | |
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| File:A Tour of Abell 3411.webm Abell 3411 is a galaxy cluster located about two billion light years from Earth.[1] | |
| Observation data (Epoch J2000) | |
| Right ascension | 08h 42m 05s[2] |
| Declination | −17° 35.8′[2] |
| Richness class | 1[3] |
| Bautz–Morgan classification | II-III[3] |
| Distance (co-moving) | 2,000 Mly (610 Mpc)[1] |
Abell 3412 is a galaxy cluster in the constellation Hydra. It is located about two billion light-years from Earth and weighs about a million billion times the mass of the Sun.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Astronomers Discover Powerful Cosmic Double Whammy". NASA. http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/17_releases/press_010517.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ACO 3412". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=ACO+3412.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Abell, George O.; Corwin, Harold G. Jr.; Olowin, Ronald P. (1989). "A catalog of rich clusters of galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 70: 1. doi:10.1086/191333. Bibcode: 1989ApJS...70....1A.
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