Abell 3627

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Abell 3627 is a massive, nearby galaxy cluster located in the direction of the Great Attractor region and is one of the most prominent components of the Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Abell galaxy cluster
galaxy cluster
catalogCode A3627 NERFINISHED
contributesTo peculiar velocities of nearby galaxies
distanceFromEarth about 200 million light-years
about 60 megaparsecs
hasAlternativeName ACO 3627 NERFINISHED
Cluster of the Great Attractor NERFINISHED
Norma Cluster NERFINISHED
hasBautzMorganType I
hasCentralDominantGalaxy yes
hasEnvironment dense, rich cluster core
hasFilamentaryConnections surrounding large-scale structure filaments
hasGalaxyPopulation hundreds to thousands of member galaxies
hasGravitationalInfluenceOn Local Group (indirectly via large-scale flows) NERFINISHED
hasHighGalacticExtinction yes
hasIntraclusterMedium hot X-ray emitting gas
hasMorphologicalMix elliptical and spiral galaxies
hasRichnessClass 1
hasSubstructure yes
hasTotalMass on the order of 10^15 solar masses
hasVelocityDispersion on the order of 900–1000 km/s
hasXRayEmission yes
isDynamicallyYoung yes
isMajorComponentOf Great Attractor mass concentration NERFINISHED
isMassiveStructure yes
isNearbyCluster yes
isOneOf most massive nearby galaxy clusters
most prominent components of the Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster
isProminentIn local large-scale structure
isStudiedFor cluster mass distribution
dynamics of the Great Attractor
galaxy evolution in dense environments
liesInZoneOfAvoidance yes
locatedIn Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster NERFINISHED
locatedInConstellation Norma NERFINISHED
memberOf Abell catalogue of rich clusters of galaxies NERFINISHED
obscuredBy Milky Way disk NERFINISHED
observedInWavelength X-ray
optical
radio
partOf Great Attractor region NERFINISHED
redshift 0.0163

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