Abell S740

Abell S740

Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies in Abell S740
Credit: J. Blakeslee (Washington State University)
Observation data (Epoch J2000)
Constellation(s) Centaurus
Right ascension 13h 43m 32.3s[1]
Declination −38° 11 05[1]
Brightest member ESO 325-G004[2]
Richness class 0[3]
Bautz-Morgan classification I-II [3]
Redshift 0.03360 (10 073 km/s)[1]
Distance
(co-moving)
146 Mpc (476 Mly) h1
0.705
[1]
See also: Galaxy groups, Galaxy clusters, List of galaxy clusters

The Abell S740 is a cluster of galaxies identified in the Abell catalogue of southern rich clusters of galaxies. It is over 450[2] Mly away in the constellation Centaurus. It has a redshift of 10,073 km/s.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for Abell S740. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies". Archived from the original on 12 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Abell, George O.; Corwin, Harold G., Jr.; Olowin, Ronald P. (May 1989). "A catalog of rich clusters of galaxies" (PDF). Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 70 (May 1989): 1–138. Bibcode:1989ApJS...70....1A. doi:10.1086/191333. ISSN 0067-0049. Retrieved March 13, 2012.

Coordinates: 13h 43m 32.3s, −38° 11′ 05″