RX J1347.5-1145

RX J1347.5–1145 is one of the most massive galaxy clusters known. As a result, it is also one of the most X-ray-luminous because of its hot gas containt. [1] The object resides roughly 5 billion light years away from the Solar System in the Virgo contellation. Redshift was noted as z=0.451 with an X-ray luminosity of 1045 ergs s−1 in a paper from 2002.[2] In 2013, one study found eight cases of the same object resulting from the intense gravitational bending of light.[3] That study made use of data from Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH) as well as other sources.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dark Matter and Baryons in the X-Ray Luminous Merging Galaxy Cluster RX J1347.5–1145
  2. ↑ S. Ravindranath and L. C. Ho - Magellan Spectroscopy of the Galaxy Cluster RX J1347.5-1145: Redshift Estimates for the Gravitationally Lensed Arcs (2002)
  3. 1 2 F. Köhlinger and R.W. Schmidt - Strong lensing in RX J1347.5-1145 revisited (2013)


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