Astronomy:Abell 478

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Abell 478
Observation data (Epoch J2000)
Constellation(s)Taurus
Right ascension 04h 13m 20.7s[1]
Declination+10° 28′ 35″[1]
Richness class2[2]
Redshift0.0881 (26 412 km/s)[1]
Distance
(co-moving)
367 Mpc (1,197 Mly) h−10.705
ICM temperature7.94 keV[3]
Binding mass7.68×1014[3] M
X-ray flux(7.9 ± 1.1)×1011 erg s−1 cm−2 (0.1–2.4 keV)
See also: Galaxy group, Galaxy cluster, List of galaxy groups and clusters

Abell 478 is a galaxy cluster listed in the Abell catalogue.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "NED results for object ABELL 0478". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED). http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=Abell+478&extend=no. 
  2. Abell, George O.; Corwin, Harold G., Jr.; Olowin, Ronald P. (May 1989). "A catalog of rich clusters of galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 70 (May 1989): 1–138. doi:10.1086/191333. ISSN 0067-0049. Bibcode1989ApJS...70....1A. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Table 4 from Vikhlinin, A.; Kravtsov, A.; Forman, W.; Jones, C.; Markevitch, M.; Murray, S. S.; Van Speybroeck, L. (April 2006). "Chandra Sample of Nearby Relaxed Galaxy Clusters: Mass, Gas Fraction, and Mass-Temperature Relation". The Astrophysical Journal (Chicago, Illinois, USA) 640 (2): 691–709. doi:10.1086/500288. Bibcode2006ApJ...640..691V. 

Coordinates: Sky map 04h 13m 20.7s, +10° 28′ 35″