Abell 1835

Abell 1835 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue. It is a cluster that also gravitational lenses more-distant background galaxies to make them visible to astronomers. The cluster has a red shift of around 75,900 km/s and spans 12.[1]

Abell 1835
Abell 1835 by Hubble Space Telescope, 3.18 view
Credit: NASA/STScI/WikiSky
Observation data (Epoch J2000)
Constellation(s)Virgo
Right ascension14h 01m [1]
Declination+02° 51[1]
Richness class0[2]
Redshift0.25320[1]
Distance
(co-moving)
1,023 Mpc (3,337 Mly) h1
0.705
[1]
X-ray flux(11.30 ± 7.3%)×1011 erg s−1 cm−2 (0.1–2.4 keV)[1]

In 2004, one of the galaxies lensed by this cluster was proposed to be the most distant galaxy known, Galaxy Abell 1835 IR1916.

See also

References

  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for Abell 1835. Retrieved 2006-11-28.
  2. 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 12, 2012.

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