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The Hydra Cluster or Abell 1060, Jim DeLillo
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The Hydra Cluster or Abell 1060

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The Hydra Cluster or Abell 1060

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Description

157 Galaxies or more...

Abell 1060

The Hydra Cluster is a galaxy cluster that contains 157 bright galaxies, appearing in the constellation Hydra. The cluster 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. Wikipedia

Number of galaxies: 157

Distance (co-moving): 58.3 Mpc (190.1 Mly) h−1; 0.705

Constellation(s): Hydra

Bautz–Morgan classification: III

Redshift: 0.0548 (16,452 km/s)

TelescopeLive

CHI-1

TELESCOPE

Model

Planewave CDK24

Diameter

60 cm

TELESCOPE

F-ratio

6.5

Min elevation

30 degrees

CAMERA

Model

FLI ProLine PL9000

Pixels

3056 x 3056

CAMERA

Pixel scale

0.62 arcsec/px

Field of view

32' x 32'

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The Hydra Cluster or Abell 1060, Jim DeLillo