Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  NGC 703  ·  NGC 705  ·  NGC 708  ·  NGC 709  ·  NGC 710  ·  NGC 714  ·  NGC 717
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Abell 262, Hans van Overzee
Abell 262
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Abell 262

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Abell 262, Hans van Overzee
Abell 262
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Abell 262

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Abell 262 is in the constellation Andromeda and belongs to the Perseus -Pisces Super Cluster.Abell 347 (Andromeda) and Abell 426 (Perseus) belong also to the Super ClusterThe distance to the cluster is about 214 million light years away and the redshift is z = 0.0163.It contains 200 gallaxies. The bright galaxy in the middle is NGC 708 a giant elliptical. The rest are mostly spirals.

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