Hydra Cluster

Galaxy cluster
name = Hydra Cluster


epoch = J2000
ra = RA|10|36.9cite web
title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
work=Results for Abell 2151
url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
accessdate=2007-07-19]
dec = DEC|-27|32
dis_ly = 158 Light-Year
dis_pc =
constellation = Hydra
member_no = 100cite web
title=National Optical Astronomy Observatory
work=Galaxies
url=http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0658.html
accessdate=2007-07-19]
other_names = Abell 1060The Hydra Cluster (or Abell 1060) is a cluster of galaxies that contains 157 bright galaxies and can be viewed from earth in the constellation Hydra. [Wehner and Harris, p.1] The cluster spans about ten million light years and has an unusual high proportion of dark matter. [ [http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010416.html "The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies" ] Astronomy Picture of the Day] The cluster is part of the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster located 158 million light years from earth. The cluster's largest galaxies are elliptical galaxies NGC 3309 and NGC 3311 and the spiral galaxy NGC 3312 all having a diameter of about 150,000 light years. [ [http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/superc/hya.html "The Hydra Supercluster"] An Atlas of the Universe.com ]

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References

* Wehner, Elizabeth M. H. and Harris, William E. (Aug. 10, 2006) [http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.1514 "UCD candidates in the Hydra Cluster" ] . ArXiv.org. ApL Letters
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