Abell 1060 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Hydra (Hya) · Contains: IC 2597 · IC 629 · NGC 3285 · NGC 3305 · NGC 3307 · NGC 3308 · NGC 3309 · NGC 3311 · NGC 3312 · NGC 3314 · NGC 3316 · NGC 3317 · NGC 3336

Abell 1060

This object is a galaxy cluster located 180 million light years away in the constellation of Hydra at a declination of -28 degrees. It contains 160 galaxies and is commonly referred to as the Hydra Cluster.

The cluster's 3 largest galaxies at center are the elliptical galaxies NGC 3309 and NGC 3311 and the spiral galaxy NGC 3312. The spiral is unusually large, at a diameter of about 150,000 light-years.

The large spiral has an interesting distortion – I wish we were closer to see it in more detail. The 2 large ellipticals are also distorted, with their cores slightly off center.

The most interesting object in the image is NGC 3314, seen slightly below and left of center. This is not one galaxy as it appears here, but 2 superimposed galaxies that are overlapping by line of sight. I included a comparison to the Hubble image in the mouseover. It is amazing to me that the cores of these 2 galaxies are almost exactly superimposed.

The bright orange star in the foreground is the 5th magnitude star HD 92036.

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RA (center)	10h36m56s.186
RA (top/left)	10h40m36s.428
RA (top/right)	10h33m26s.700
RA (bottom/right)	10h33m13s.687
RA (bottom/left)	10h40m27s.551

Dec (center)	-27°28′30″.50
Dec (top/left)	-26°57′35″.25
Dec (top/right)	-26°54′01″.54
Dec (bottom/right)	-27°59′03″.87
Dec (bottom/left)	-28°02′37″.48

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