Abell 3554
E566937
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.
Statements (25)
| 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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