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The second most massive galaxy cluster next to El Gordo is RCS2 J2327, a galaxy cluster with the mass of 2 quadrillion suns. Also has a systematic designation of ACT-CL J0102-4915. [6] [7] [8] Musket Ball Cluster: Named in comparison to the Bullet Cluster, as this one is older and slower galaxy cluster merger than the Bullet Cluster.
These four near-equals at the core of galaxy cluster CL 0958+4702 are in the process of merging. [149] Galaxy protocluster LBG-2377: z=3.03 This was announced as the most distant galaxy merger ever discovered. It is expected that this proto-cluster of galaxies will merge to form a brightest cluster galaxy, and become the core of a larger galaxy ...
Abell 2744 galaxy cluster – Hubble Frontier Fields view (7 January 2014). [1] Abell 383, the giant cluster of elliptical galaxies in the centre of this image, contains so great a mass of dark matter that its gravity bends the light from a background object into an arc, a phenomenon known as strong gravitational lensing.
A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek galaxias, literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System.
This is a list of largest galaxies known, sorted by order of increasing major axis diameters. The unit of measurement used is the light-year (approximately 9.46 × 10 12 kilometers). Overview
The Most Distant Mature Galaxy Cluster [13] taken with ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile and with NAOJ's Subaru Telescope in Hawaii. Clusters of galaxies are the most recent and most massive objects to have arisen in the hierarchical structure formation of the Universe and the study of clusters tells one about the way galaxies form and evolve.
These are globular clusters within the halo of the Milky Way galaxy. The diameter is in minutes of arc as seen from Earth. For reference, the J2000 epoch celestial coordinates of the Galactic Center are right ascension 17 h 45 m 40.04 s, declination −29° 00′ 28.1″.
List of most massive globular clusters Cluster name Mass (M ☉); (Sun = 1 × 10 0) Galaxy Notes B037-V327 1.08 +0.17 −0.049 × 10 7 [5] Andromeda Galaxy: Mayall II: ≳ 1 × 10 7 [6] Andromeda Galaxy: B082-G144 6.42 +0.16 −0.38 × 10 6 [5] Andromeda Galaxy: B023-G078: 6.22 +0.03 −0.05 × 10 6 [7] Andromeda Galaxy: Potentially contains an ...