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Perseus Cluster - Abell 426, Mau_Bard
Perseus Cluster - Abell 426, Mau_Bard

Perseus Cluster - Abell 426

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Perseus Cluster - Abell 426, Mau_Bard
Perseus Cluster - Abell 426, Mau_Bard

Perseus Cluster - Abell 426

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For the most romantic viewers, the image was taken on Valentine's night 2022.

The Perseus cluster (Abell 426) is a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Perseus. It is 240 Million ly distant, has a recession speed of 5366 km/s and a diameter of 863′.
It is one of the most massive objects in the known universe, containing thousands of galaxies immersed in a vast cloud of multimillion-degree gas.
The galaxy cluster is the brightest cluster in the sky when observed in the X-ray band.

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Perseus Cluster - Abell 426, Mau_Bard