Abell 3562

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Abell 3562 is a massive galaxy cluster located within the Shapley Supercluster, one of the most densely populated regions of galaxy clusters in the nearby universe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Abell galaxy cluster
galaxy cluster
catalogCode A3562 NERFINISHED
contains elliptical galaxies
hundreds of galaxies
lenticular galaxies
spiral galaxies
discoveredBy George O. Abell (via Abell cluster catalog) NERFINISHED
distanceFromEarth ~650 million light-years
emits X-ray radiation
environment high-density large-scale structure region
hasComponent intracluster medium
hasEnvironment cluster–cluster interaction region within Shapley Supercluster
hasFeature dark matter halo
gravitational potential well
hot intracluster gas
hasProperty X-ray luminous
gravitationally bound system
massive
rich galaxy cluster
locatedIn Shapley Supercluster NERFINISHED
constellation Centaurus
mass on the order of 10^14–10^15 solar masses
memberOf Abell catalog of rich clusters of galaxies NERFINISHED
observedBy Chandra X-ray Observatory NERFINISHED
ROSAT X-ray observatory NERFINISHED
XMM-Newton NERFINISHED
partOf Shapley Concentration NERFINISHED
nearby universe large-scale structure
redshift ~0.048
studiedFor cluster dynamics
galaxy evolution in dense environments
large-scale structure of the universe
usedAs probe of cosmological parameters

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Shapley Supercluster contains Abell 3562