Abell 3266 is a galaxy cluster in the southern sky. It is part of the Horologium-Reticulum Supercluster. The galaxy cluster is one of the largest in the southern sky, and one of the largest mass concentrations in the nearby universe.
| Abell 3266 | |
|---|---|
| Observation data (Epoch J2000) | |
| Constellation(s) | Reticulum |
| Right ascension | 04h 31m 12s[1] |
| Declination | −61° 28′ 00″[1] |
| Richness class | 2[2] |
| Bautz–Morgan classification | I-II[2] |
| Redshift | 0.05890 (17 658 km/s)[3] |
| Distance | 248 Mpc (809 Mly) h−1 0.705 [3] |
| X-ray flux | 3.5×10−11 erg s−1 cm−2 (0.5–2 keV) [3] |
The Department of Physics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County discovered that a large mass of gas is hurtling through the cluster at a speed of 750 km/s (466 miles/second). The mass is billions of solar masses, approximately 3 million light-years in diameter and is the largest of its kind discovered as of June 2006.[4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "HEASARC Browse". Result for Abell 3266. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c "NED results for object ABELL 3266". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED). Retrieved March 17, 2012.
- ^ XMM-Newton Spots Greatest Ball Of Fire
- ^ XMM-Newton spots the greatest of great balls of fire
External links
edit- Abel 3266 on SIMBAD
- Abell 3266 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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