Abell 3554

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Abell 3554 is a rich galaxy cluster located within the massive Shapley Supercluster, one of the most densely populated regions of galaxies in the nearby universe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Abell galaxy cluster
galaxy cluster
catalogCode A3554 NERFINISHED
distanceFromEarth on the order of hundreds of megaparsecs
embeddedIn high-density region of the cosmic web
one of the most massive superclusters in the nearby universe
environment overdense region relative to the average universe
hasComponent dark matter
hot intracluster gas
hundreds to thousands of galaxies
hasProperty contains many elliptical galaxies
contains many lenticular galaxies
high galaxy density
rich galaxy population
locatedIn Shapley Supercluster NERFINISHED
constellation Centaurus
memberOf Abell catalog of rich clusters of galaxies NERFINISHED
observedIn X-ray wavelengths
optical wavelengths
partOf Shapley Concentration NERFINISHED
large-scale structure of the universe
redshift approximately 0.048
usedFor studies of cluster dynamics in supercluster cores
studies of galaxy evolution in dense environments
studies of large-scale structure

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Shapley Supercluster contains Abell 3554