Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6158  ·  NGC 6166
Abell 2199 - 100+ galaxies in one frame, Datalord
Abell 2199 - 100+ galaxies in one frame
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Abell 2199 - 100+ galaxies in one frame

Abell 2199 - 100+ galaxies in one frame, Datalord
Abell 2199 - 100+ galaxies in one frame
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Abell 2199 - 100+ galaxies in one frame

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This is Abell 2199, a galaxy cluster 4-500 million light years away. This cluster is part of the Hercules Supercluster, which itself is a gigantic cluster of clusters in the "near" universe.

In the center of A2199 is the galaxy NGC 6166, which is a fascinating beast in multiple ways. It is a supermassive galaxy, which contains smaller galaxies within its massive width. You can see the smaller galaxy cores in it.

It contains the most globular clusters of any known galaxy, up to 39,000 of them, with each cluster itself containing hundreds of thousands of stars. For comparison, our milky way has about 170. It has a supermassive black hole of about 30 billion solar masses and the galaxy is one of the most luminous in terms of x-ray emissions. Our Milky Way is bigger than most galaxies, but this thing dwarfs it. Finally, this crazy thing has blueshift, so it is coming closer to us, which is mindbogling at this distance.

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Abell 2199 - 100+ galaxies in one frame, Datalord