Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Antlia (Ant)  ·  Contains:  IC 2584  ·  NGC 3257  ·  NGC 3258  ·  NGC 3260  ·  NGC 3267  ·  NGC 3268  ·  NGC 3269  ·  NGC 3271  ·  NGC 3273  ·  NGC 3281  ·  NGC 3289
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Antlia Galaxy Cluster (Abell S0636), ricardo leite
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Antlia Galaxy Cluster (Abell S0636)

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Antlia Galaxy Cluster (Abell S0636)

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The Antlia Cluster (or Abell S0636) is acluster of galaxies located in the Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster. The Antlia Cluster is the third-nearest to the Local Group after the Virgo Cluster and Fornax Cluster. Antlia's distance from Earth is 40.5 megaparsecs (132.1 megalight-years) to 40.9Mpc (133.4Mly). The cluster is dominated by two massive elliptical galaxies, NGC 3268 and NGC 3258, and contains a total of about 234 galaxies. The cluster is very dense compared to other clusters such as Virgo and Fornax, thus containing early-type galaxies and a larger portion of dwarf ellipticals. The cluster is split into two galaxy groups, the Northern subgroup gravitating around NGC 3268, and the Southern subgroup centered on NGC 3258. Source: wikipedian et all. (edited)

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