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]
| Abell 3412 | |
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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 | 2,000 Mly (610 Mpc)[1] |
See also
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edit- ^ a b c "Astronomers Discover Powerful Cosmic Double Whammy". chandra.harvard.edu. NASA. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ a b "ACO 3412". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ a b 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. Bibcode:1989ApJS...70....1A. doi:10.1086/191333.
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