Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  IC 2597  ·  NGC 3285  ·  NGC 3309  ·  NGC 3311  ·  NGC 3312
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Abell 1060 Galaxy Cluster and Hickson 48, Jim Thommes
Abell 1060 Galaxy Cluster and Hickson 48
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Abell 1060 Galaxy Cluster and Hickson 48

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Abell 1060 Galaxy Cluster and Hickson 48, Jim Thommes
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Abell 1060 Galaxy Cluster and Hickson 48

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Abell 1060 (ACO 1060) is also known as the Hydra I Cluster is part of the very large Laniakea Supercluster. ACO 1060 has about 187 probable members ranging in distance from 153 to 193 million light years. Many of the smaller galaxies in this image are part of the Hydra I Cluster. Also in this image is the Hickson Compact Galaxy group - HCG 48. This Hickson group has four members, three of which (IC 2597, LEDA 31580, LEDA 31577) are also members of ACO 1060.  There are a few Quasars that are visible in this image - two of which have relatively large redshifts of 2.2300 and 2.1680 (BW79 16 and BW79 19, respectively). These objects and some of the brighter stars and galaxies are identified in the annotated image

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