Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  HD91964  ·  HD92036  ·  IC 629  ·  NGC 3307  ·  NGC 3308  ·  NGC 3309  ·  NGC 3311  ·  NGC 3312  ·  NGC 3314  ·  NGC 3316  ·  NGC 3317

Image of the day 08/29/2022

Abell 1060 The Hydra cluster, Mathieu Guinot
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Abell 1060 The Hydra cluster

Image of the day 08/29/2022

Abell 1060 The Hydra cluster, Mathieu Guinot
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Abell 1060 The Hydra cluster

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The Hydra Cluster (or Abell 1060) is a galaxy cluster located in the constellation Hydra that contains 157 bright galaxies. It spans about ten million light-years and has an unusually high proportion of dark matter. The cluster is part of the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster located 158 million light-years from Earth.
The largest galaxies are the elliptical galaxies NGC 3309 and NGC 3311 and the spiral galaxy NGC 3312 all having a diameter of about 150,000 light-years. In spite of a nearly circular appearance on the sky, there is evidence in the galaxy velocities for a clumpy, three-dimensional distribution.

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Acquisitions from 2021/01/12 to 2022/01/08 at El Sauce Observatory, Chile

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Abell 1060 The Hydra cluster, Mathieu Guinot